Hi, To add to this archives discussion of the wharf, from ...... Old landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston by Samuel Adams Drake, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, rev. ed, 1971. (First edition 1872) P.114. The "T" of Long Wharf, formerly known as Minott's T (from Stephen Minott) is a part of the ancient structure known as the Barricado, or Old Wharf....It was built of wood and has openings on each side of Long Wharf for vessels to pass through....The Old Wharf, being for defence only, was only wide enough to work guns up on. It fell into gradual decay, and the last vestiges disappeared long ago. "T" Wharf which name has sometimes erroneously been connected with the Tea Party, has been noted for an excellent old well of water. (Stephen) Minott and Andrew Faneuil owned it in 1718." Jan