Dover Navigation Co News Today

For a street barely more than two football fields in length it has given Dover a lot of history.

Historically Speaking: The interesting life of Valentine Mathes Tony McManus Heres a bit more about Valentine Mathes. In addition to being a co-founder of the Piscataqua Navigation Co. he was an important factor in the success of the Dover Navigation Co., an organization created in the late 1870s by some local bigwigs that led to several decades of profitable Cocheco River shipping activity and support for many of our communitys commercial enterprises. In order to supply his coal business Mathe...