Troy Ball Clubs Grounds

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Troy Ball Clubs Grounds
Troy Ball Clubs Grounds
Location Watervliet, New York
Coordinates 42°43′56″N73°42′41″W / 42.73222°N 73.71139°W / 42.73222; -73.71139
Surfacegrass
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Troy Trojans (NL) (1882)

Troy Ball Club Grounds was a baseball ground in Watervliet, New York. It was home to the Troy Trojans baseball club of the National League for the 1882 season. According to the Troy city directory for 1882, the ballpark was at "Genesee Street opposite the West Troy Depot" of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. Genesee was later renamed 19th Street and is a major thoroughfare in Watervliet.

The 1885 Sanborn map shows "Base Ball Park" south of Genesee and east of the railroad tracks.

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