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Handcrafted Staten Island Ferry Boat Model 24"
This high quality, highly detailed, intermediate level, Staten Island Ferry Boat Model is Brand New, fully assembled and ready for display (not a kit).
This Staten Island Ferry Boat Model was specially designed & built by the plank on frame method (joining multiple small pieces of wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood together on the hull). The ferry boat model is built exactly to scale and painted as an original Staten Island Ferry Boat was with many details. The task required skillful craftsmen hundreds of hours to accomplish.
Staten Island Ferry Facts: The Staten Island Ferry provides 20 million people a year (60,000 passengers a day not including weekend days) with ferry service between St. George on Staten Island and Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan.
The ferry is the only non-vehicular mode of transportation between Staten Island and Manhattan. NYC DOT operates and maintains the nine vessel fleet as well as the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island, Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Manhattan, the City Island and Hart Island Facilities, The Battery Maritime Building and all floating dock building equipment.
The Staten Island Ferry is run by the City of New York for one pragmatic reason: To transport Staten Islanders to and from Manhattan. Yet, the 5 mile, 25 minute ride also provides a majestic view of New York Harbor and a no-hassle, even romantic, boat ride, for free! One guide book calls it "One of the world's greatest (and shortest) water voyages."
From the deck of the ferry you will have a perfect view of The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You'll see the skyscrapers and bridges of Lower Manhattan receding as you pull away and coming into focus again as you return.
A typical weekday schedule involves the use of five boats to transport approximately 60,000 passengers daily (109 daily trips). During the day, between rush hours, boats are regularly fueled and maintenance work is performed. Terminals are cleaned around the clock and routine terminal maintenance is performed on the day shift. On weekends, three boats are used (75 trips each Saturday and 68 trips each Sunday).
Over 35,000 trips are made annually.
The model measures 24" long from bow to stern. It's a fabulous boat model that will be a conversation piece for any room, office or restaurant.
Highlights about this Car Ferry Model:
- 100% hand built from scratch using "plank on frame" construction.
- Included with this Model is a wood base with a brass name plate.
- Size: 24" length x 10.5" height x 6" width
- Condition: New (fully assembled).
- Hundreds of hours where required to finish this cruise ship model.
- Completed model contains thousands of details created by skillful master craftsmen.
- Made of finest wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood.
- All the wood is naturally seasoned and kiln dried before use to make sure that the completed product withstands any climate.
- Inside the hull, we use high quality epoxy which helps the thin wooden bars to bond close to one another and not split, crack or twist even in variable climatic conditions.
- Chrome and brass fittings and ornaments constitute the excellence of this model, No Plastic Is Used.
- Extensive research through original plans and pictures make this model authentic.
- This model went through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop.
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