Corner of River St. and Glen Ave. [in Batestown]The Troy Co-operative Foundry, established with seventy members as the Co-operative Iron Founders' Association, began operations at this site in 1866. It was later known as the Co-operative Stove Works and operated through 1891. Like many other Troy firms, it also maintained offices in Chicago to supply the western market.Waite, John G, and Diana S. Waite. Industrial Archeology in Troy, Waterford, Cohoes, Green Island, and Watervliet. Troy, N.Y: Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway, 1973. 26.