Eventually they worked out it was a long wall with a smallish gate that led to the top of it where what was left of the wall had been restored as a fairly well kept park. The East India Company decided in 1769 to protect the city by building a wall on the two sides. This stretch had seven gates: Boatman’s Gate near the Port Trust quarters (once called Clive Battery), Pulley Gate near the road leading to Royapuram, Tiruvottriyur Gate next toStanley Hospital, Ennore Gate near Mint, Elephant Gate, Chucklers’ Gate near the Gujarati choultry, and Hospital Gate near the General Hospital. But the road that ran alongside where the wall was to be built was named Wall Tax Road. It may now be VO Chidambaranar Salai, but it’s still Wall Tax Road to most people, though locally it is Moolagothralam, the dry fish market.

Source: The Hindu January 07, 2019 13:07 UTC