RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Feet above the Sea-Level of the Holyhead Route at Oswestry Coswen. CUL-DAR27.1.B22. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
See letters from John Provis to Darwin 14 July and 20 July 1842 on this subject. CUL-DAR27.1.B23 CUL-DAR27.1.B24
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Feet above the Sea-Level of the Holyhead Route at Oswestry Coswen
Oswestry – 428.8
Coswen – 444.8
Langollen – 261.3
Cernioge – 850.0
Bettws – 50.0
Capel curig – 542.11
Highest point of road between Capel Curig & Lake Ogwen} – 955.10
Lake Ogwen – 930.8
[in the hand of John Provis:] Bethesda – (Height not oldSection)
Add 2 ft for road v. note
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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