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William Francis Dawson

William Francis Dawson

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Captain William Francis Dawson (???? – 29 March 1829) was a prominent road builder in British Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka).[1] An Engineer attached to the Royal Engineers, he was given the task of building the Colombo - Kandy Road linking Colombo and Kandy. The job took its toll on Dawson, who died before it was completed.[2] It would be the first modern highway on the island. In memory of Captain Dawson, the Dawson Tower was erected at Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Somarathna, Ellepola H.M. (2006). Lankawe Panas Wasak (in Sinhala) (2nd ed.). Visidunu Publishers. ISBN 955-9170-89-9.
  2. [2]
    Manjula, H.A.K.L. (2019). "Dawson Tower, Monument of Captain William Francis Dawson". Lanka Pradeepa.
  3. [3]
    Peer, L.H. (2018). Transgressive Romanticism. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 66.



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