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South Street Bridge stone arch and river poster with Needham/Dover lettering hanging from two binder clips

South Street Bridge

Bring a little Needham and Dover home.

Unframed Matte Poster · 11 × 14 inches

A view above a shelf gives the room something to look at between the day's ordinary tasks. South Street Bridge brings a Charles crossing and the nearby Cochrane dam setting into one local road-and-river relationship between Dover and Needham.

Needham's historic-resources inventory dates this South Street crossing to 1847 and identifies the nearby Cochrane dam site. The surrounding river landscape supported industry before the mills were demolished in 1972–1973. Bridge and dam together help explain why this stretch of the Charles mattered to the neighboring communities.

The bridge connects passage across the water with the industrial history of the dam site, keeping the mills' earlier presence within the story of this stretch. Give it space near a favorite chair, where there is time to look more closely at the picture.

$19.99

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11″ x 14″ / Matte
SKU
FH-BULK-CHARLES-CR-054-282-43135-COLOR-R1

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Source credit and attribution
John Phelan, South Street bridge over the Charles River, Dover MA.jpg, 2014-06-15 11:46:16. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Street_bridge_over_the_Charles_River,_Dover_MA.jpg. CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0. State changes; retain share-alike if applicable.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Street_bridge_over_the_Charles_River,_Dover_MA.jpg
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Artwork adapted from the credited source. Changes include illustration, color interpretation and composition. The adaptation retains the source’s compatible Creative Commons share-alike conditions; no exclusive copyright claim is made over the underlying source.
About the artwork
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Product details and care
Material: 175 g/m² archival matte paper; pigment ink
Size/capacity: 11 × 14 inches and/or 18 × 24 inches, according to the enabled native variants
Care: If dust gathers, wipe gently with a clean, dry cloth. Indoor display.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/282/generic-brand/matte-vertical-posters
Original product information and credits

South Street bridge over the Charles River, Dover MA.jpg

Matte heritage poster in 11 × 14 and 18 × 24 inch sizes. The full landmark composition is centered with a white border.

AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.

Source: John Phelan, South Street bridge over the Charles River, Dover MA.jpg, 2014-06-15 11:46:16. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Street_bridge_over_the_Charles_River,_Dover_MA.jpg. CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0. State changes; retain share-alike if applicable. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Street_bridge_over_the_Charles_River,_Dover_MA.jpg License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.