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used, out of business factory. The flag was ing. The ferry dock was scratch built from
made from a piece of ribbon, painted, and pieces of styrene, although a minor amount of
mounted on a piece of brass rod for the pole. I balsa was used for the decking and the
got the idea to put the Jolly Rogers flag on the weights. The retaining wall for the ferry
top of the building when I saw that one had dock is Plastruct styrene (Plastruct #91511).
been raised at the top of one of Red Star Yeast The piles were created using whittled down
Company’s buildings when the factory in Mil- toothpicks glued together.
waukee closed. A Märklin resin station monitors the com-
The “COAL” elevators located near the ings and goings of the ferry dock. There is
ferry dock was constructed in the same man- white (not white anymore after being heavily
ner as the Froedert Malt Corporation build- dirtied up) ice house from GC Laser. The ice
ings. Wood dowels make up the silos and cut house is a laser cut wood kit. The roof was
pieces of styrene make the elevator and roof- retrofitted with styrene sheet metal. The long
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Ferry Dock on Lake Michigan
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