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Mr. Balling was a stationary engineer in charge of the steam boilers at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. in Fairfield for 15 years and retired in 1977. Earlier, he was a stationary engineer at the Emerson Hotel and a boiler inspector for Hartford Steam Boiler and Insurance Co.
He was born in the Panama Canal Zone, where his engineer father helped build the canal. He moved to Baltimore as a teen-ager and graduated from Polytechnic Institute in 1933.
He joined the merchant marine, where he earned his chief engineer's license and served aboard oil tankers during World War II.
In the basement of his home, he spent thousands of hours fashioning by hand miniature models of working steam marine engines that were operated by Sterno, wood or coal.
Mr. Balling's intricate models were exhibited at the Tuckahoe Steam Show in Easton and at steam shows in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
He passed away in 2000.
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