Dover Manufacturing Company (Dover, N.H.)

The first textile mill in Dover, N.H., the Dover Cotton Factory was chartered in 1812 at a site on the Cocheco River and was known as the "upper factory" [Mill No. 1]. Further expansion occurred at the lower falls in the early 1820's and again in 1825 when a calico printing works was included. In 1823-1824 the mills were renamed the Dover Manufacturing Co. In 1827 the print works incorporated as a separate enterprise and became the Cocheco Manufacturing Co., which purchased the debt of the D.M.C. The Cocheco Manufacturing Co. was acquired by the Pacific Mills in 1909 and became the Cocheco Division.

From the description of Yarn beamed on section warps. 1822. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 50863428

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