Dawson Monument Plaque, Kadugannawa Pass, Kadugannawa

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Monument erected: 1832

Wikipedia: Dawson Tower

The inscription on the plaque says:

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“CAPTAIN W. F. DAWSON
During the Government of General Sir E. Barnes G.C.B.

COMMANDING ROYAL ENGINEER CEYLON

Whose Science and Skill planned and executed this Road and Other Works of Public Utility

DIED at COLOMBO
28th March 1829

By a subscription among his friends and admirers in Ceylon This monument was raised to his memory 1832.“
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