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The E.L. Rowe & Sons sailmakers and ship chandlers company was founded in 1865 by Edward L. Rowe and were a well-known and well-connected practice until their sudden closure in 1923-1924. Based for the majority of their years in 33 Wharf Street, Gloucester, they provided sails (along with other boating equipment) for schooners and other vessels in the Cape Ann area. In 1906, they were incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts to become E.L Rowe & Sons, Inc., capitalised for $150,000 - equivalent to more than $5,000,000 today.
According to the Gloucester Times, they were "the largest vessel outfitters on the [East] coast" and "one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country", and even fitted the largest schooner in the world at the time of writing, the seven master Schooner Thomas W. Lawson. Despite this, they were a family-run business, with father E.L. Rowe as president, and sons Arthur E. Rowe and Alan S. Rowe as treasurer and secretary respectively.
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