how did wall street get it’s name?

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A few days ago

Anonymous

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The name of the street derives from the fact that during the 17th Century, it formed the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement where the Dutch had constructed a crude wall of timer and earthwork. The wall was obstensibly meant as a defense against attack from Lenape Indians, New England colonists, and the British, but it was never tested in battle. The wall was dismantled by the British in 1699.

A few days ago

Ripper Parker

Wall Street gets it’s name from the wall around the original Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island. More legacies from the Dutch are Brooklyn = Breukelen, Harlem = Haarlem, Bowery = bouwerij, Flushing = Vlissingen and Staten Island = Staten land.

A few days ago

Experto Credo

There actually used to be a defensive wall there

A few days ago

Anonymous

there was a wall built there and when thye took the wall down they put teh street theere so they called it wall street!

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how did wall street get it’s name?

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