"The old slip piers along the East River, just below the end of Wall Street, used to be known as the Banana Docks for its frequent fruit shipments from around the world, including ships containing hundreds of bushels of bananas."
1906
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*A line of wharves was broken by gaps, called slips, to allow access to the shoreline by small craft such as ferries and farmers' market boats.
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