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Old 01-21-2024, 11:40 PM   #18
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Amazing work bringing these old parks to life. I admire your work and appreciate the effort.

Funny you mention the Wilmington Quicksteps, a Union Association (and therefore major league) team for only a couple of months in 1884. They would be at the end of a long list. As it happens, they played in Union Park, which later (1918) became Union Park Gardens, where I now live. There's no trace left of the old ballpark, but I have been able to locate it on old insurance maps. As of yet, no photographs, and no clue as to the dimensions. I did check the Library of Congress collections, and they have more atlas and map sources. Someday I'll take the train down, to see if they shed any light on the stadium itself. If I could ever retrieve enough information, I might try to teach myself how to model old ballparks.
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