Dixon later built an ironworks a little to the west of the Govan coal pit; from the flames issuing from the furnaces it became known as "Dixon's Blazes".
Dixon later built an ironworks a little to the west of the Govan coal pit, in the area immediatley east of the point where Cathcart Road crosses the M74. From the flames issuing from the furnaces the works became known as "Dixon's Blazes".