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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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