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Welsh and Owen
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Welsh and Owen was a prominent mercantile business in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, through the latter half of the nineteenth century. The partners, William Welsh and Lemuel C. Owen, contracted ships to be built in various shipyards across the Island. The largest of these was the "L. C. Owen" at 527 tons, built in 1868. These vessels were often sailed to England with a cargo or ballast and were then sold in that country. The firm also maintained a small fleet of these vessels to carry on their shipping business. Between 1871 and 1880 Welsh and Owen dominated the shipping business of the Island along with Peake Bros., J. Duncan & Co., and the Longworth family. After 1880 the business, along with other shipbuilding enterprises dwindled even though the firm had diversified into the building of steamships.