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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 723809
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/723809
NS56SE 180 5901 6340
Incorporates information from duplicated site no. NS56SE 629
Govan Ironworks. Founded in 1839 by William Dixon of Calder. The last blast furnace plant to operate within the city boundary, it was demolished in the early 1960's. The offices and an engine house survived until 1966.
J R Hume 1974
