Govan Iron Works

Govan Iron Works
Location of Govan Iron Works
Built	1739
Location	525 Crown Street, Glasgow
Coordinates	55.8432°N 4.2534°W / 55.8432; -4.2534
Products	Iron rods and bars
Employees	800 in 1842
Owner(s)	William Dixon
Defunct	1966

Charging a blast furnace at the Govan Iron Works, Scotland c. 1885

Govan Iron Works was an ironworks with five blast furnaces^[1] that was founded in 1839 by William Dixon and located in 525 Crown Street in Govanhill, Glasgow.^[2]

Formation

In 1800, Govanhill was well-established with coal mines^[3] with many of them owned by William Dixon (c.1753-1822), an English coal merchant from Northumberland who had moved to Scotland in his teens to find work,^[4] eventually becoming a miner.^[5] Dixons career in mining progressed when he first becoming a colliery manager, then owner of Calder and Wilsontown ironworks.^[4]

References

1. Day, St. John V., ed. (1876). "The Iron Works". Notices of Some of the Principal Manufactures of the West of Scotland. Glasgow: Blackie & Son. p. 36.
2. "Glasgow, 525 Crown Street, Govan Ironworks And Miners' Row". Canmore. Edinburgh: Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
3. Mitchell, Ian R. (2005). This city now : Glasgow and its working class past. Edinburgh: Luath Press. ISBN 9781842820827.
4. Crouzet, François (30 October 2008). The First Industrialists: The Problem of Origins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-521-08871-8.
5. "Dixon's Blazes: a Family of Ironmasters". CultureNL. Glasgow: Culture and Leisure NL Ltd. Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.