William Dixon Ltd
Dates
| /04/1873 | William Smith Dixon
William Dixon Ltd Forms limited liability company William Dixon Ltd with John Mann Thomson as chairman. Owns the Govan Iron Works and Calder Iron Works and various mines. |
| 25/09/1873 | Polloc and Govan Railway Decide to build the new Polmadie Shed discussed with William Dixon Ltd. |
| 30/12/1873 | Polloc and Govan Railway Railway buys land for a new Polmadie Shed, Rutherglen, from William Dixon Ltd for £12,750. |
| / /1898 | William Dixon Ltd Wilsontown Colliery sunk by William Dixon Ltd. |
| /03/1906 | William Dixon Ltd Company liquidated and re-constructed. |
| / /1921 | William Dixon Ltd Polkemmet Mine (Whitburn) construction complete. Opened by William Dixon Ltd. |
| / /1930 | William Dixon Ltd Takes over Auchlochan Nos 9 and 10 Collieries. |
| / /1951 | William Dixon Ltd Nationalised, absorbed into Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain. |
| / /1953 | William Dixon Ltd Purchased by Colvilles Ltd. |
| / /1958 | William Dixon Ltd Stops trading. |
| / /1960 | William Dixon Ltd Liquidated. |
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Works
This iron works, initially for bar iron, was established by William Dixon (Junior) at Hutchesontown in Glasgow to the south of the River Clyde. It was known as ^Dixon^s Blazes^. It was built near the Govanhill Colliery (owned by Dixon^s father) on the south bank of the River Clyde near Glasgow and the Port Eglinton Basin of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal.
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See also
Govan Iron Works Railway
Formed by William Dixon (Senior) of Govanhill (1753-1822) in 1801 with David Mushet. The works was served by the ^Dixon^s Cut^ of the Monkland Canal.
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Monkland Canal
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