Edit Dixons Blazes
THE name lives on - but in every other way Dixon's Blazes remains a ghostly presence in Glasgow.
The works were named Dixon's Blazes after the man who opened it, William Dixon, back in 1839.
For decades, the city's night sky would be lit up by the intense blast furnaces of the factory at Govanhill.
The iron works helped consolidate Glasgow's reputation as Scotland's industrial powerhouse.
After a long and distinguished service, the works finally shut its doors in 1958. An industrial estate now stands where the Blazes once stood.
The works were named Dixon's Blazes after the man who opened it, William Dixon, back in 1839.
For decades, the city's night sky would be lit up by the intense blast furnaces of the factory at Govanhill.
The iron works helped consolidate Glasgow's reputation as Scotland's industrial powerhouse.
After a long and distinguished service, the works finally shut its doors in 1958. An industrial estate now stands where the Blazes once stood.
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