Anchor Industries, founded in 1892, began as a small riverboat supply house located on the Ohio River. Anchor Supply Company, as it was known then, furnished oil, groceries, paint, and other supplies to the steamboat trade. Due to a growing demand for water-proof covers, Anchor’s founder, Louis A. Daus, added canvas goods to the line of merchandise. Today, with 300+ skilled workers and over 362,000 square feet of production capacity in Evansville, Indiana, Anchor is one of the world’s most respected producers of the event, party, and wedding tents, awnings, and outdoor fabric shade solutions, fabric buildings, and structures, safety pool covers, fire shelters, military products, and other custom fabric and frame products.