Crescent Launch Line
Ed Heim, along with his father, John, owned the Crescent Launch Line that carried sightseers through the Portage Lakes in the early 1900’s.
The launch started at Lock 1 on the Ohio Canal at Exchange St., toured through Summit and Long lakes. In order to access the “upper lakes”, Ed and his dad dredged out a channel from the south end of Long Lake to bring their boats closer to the upper Portage Lakes which would enable them to run boats on the upper lakes and reservoirs. Cost was 25 cents for a round trip.
Crescent Line ran the last boat in 1936.
Channel dredged By Ed Heim and his father was named Heim’s Ditch by the locals.
Photos: Heim’s marker and Crescent Launch
Ed Heim, along with his father, John, owned the Crescent Launch Line that carried sightseers through the Portage Lakes in the early 1900’s.
The launch started at Lock 1 on the Ohio Canal at Exchange St., toured through Summit and Long lakes. In order to access the “upper lakes”, Ed and his dad dredged out a channel from the south end of Long Lake to bring their boats closer to the upper Portage Lakes which would enable them to run boats on the upper lakes and reservoirs. Cost was 25 cents for a round trip.
Crescent Line ran the last boat in 1936.
Channel dredged By Ed Heim and his father was named Heim’s Ditch by the locals.
Photos: Heim’s marker and Crescent Launch