Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, a borough of New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U S history [1]
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire | Deaths Facts | Britannica Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, fatal conflagration that occurred on the evening of March 25, 1911, in a New York City sweatshop, touching off a national movement in the United States for safer working conditions The fire killed more than 145 people and led to numerous health and safety laws
What you may not know about the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire One of the most infamous tragedies in American manufacturing history is the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 You may recall the story—how a blaze in a New York City sweatshop resulted in the fiery death of 146 people, mostly immigrant women in their teens and 20s
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 - NFPA Referred to most often today as the “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire,” the fire that burned inside the Asch Building on that spring afternoon in 1911 triggered sweeping regulatory changes across New York and, eventually, the entire nation
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - National Womens History Museum The story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire is multidimensional The tragedy, which caused the death of 146 garment workers, highlighted many of the issues that defined urban life in turn-of-the-century America
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - This Month in Business History . . . This is the story of the fire that broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City in 1911 The final toll was 146 people-123 of them women It chronicles in harrowing detail the fire and gives an insightful look at how it transformed politics
Triangle History – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was the largest shirtwaist manufacturer in New York City and, possibly, the country The factory thrived on the cheap labor of immigrants flocking to New York City from Europe
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was the site of one of the worst workplace tragedies in American history On March 25, 1911, fire broke out at the factory, which occupied the top three floors of the ten-story Asch Building, in Greenwich Village, New York City