Brown Building of Science

“The ‘Triangle’ company, “With blood this name will be written in the history of the American workers’ movement, and with feeling will this history recall the names of the strikers of this shop- of the crusaders” (Von Drehle 86). Even before it happen, the Forward predicted the terrible disaster of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that occurred one year, one month, and seventeen days later (86). Triangle: The Fire that Changed America, by David Von Drehle tells the story of the horrible fire. David

Triangle Shirt Waist Fire Only fifteen minutes away from being released after a hard day’s work, to enjoy a Saturday evening with their families and the promise of a nice Sunday off, 146 workers would lose their lives in New York City’s worst factory fire ever. When the smoke was gone and the fires extinguished, 146 workers of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory lay dead from a senseless tragedy that could have been prevented. When all the bodies were accounted for it was determined that fifty-three

circumstances with very little freedom. This thrilling event happened in New York on the late afternoon of March 25, 1911. The tendentious Max Blank and Isaac Harris owned the top three floors in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in the Asch Building. Most of

measures to be enforced. Around thirty labor laws were enforced in reaction to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. A major law was enacted where employees should not have to risk their lives or health in the work place. Other laws included that all high risk building had to have automatic sprinkler systems installed and that all exits had to be unlocked and swing to the outside. It is pivotal that safety measures are taken serious and enforced in a workplace. Deadly fires are bound to happen when the owners of

The triangle shirt waste factory disaster On Saturday, March 5th the work day was ending at the triangle shirt waste factory when suddenly a fire broke out. In the 30 minutes the fire raged 146 workers aged from 11 to 17 died. Due to the poor conditions of the factory allowed the fire to spread quickly. Many girls decided to jump rather than burn to death falling 10 floors to their deaths. Many tried for the emergency exits but they were locked and the emergency hoses had no pressure. When the

That evening, nearly 600 workers were working in the 10 floors of the Asch Building. Near closing time on March 25th, 1911, the fire broke out on the top floors. Oil that was spread all over the floors and tables of the sweatshop helped to increase the volume of the fire rapidly. The chaos that ensued created a crowded, dangerous

The Triangle fire was released in 2006, produced by Jamila Wignot. The triangle fire was the result of dangerous work conditions, neglected safety features and locked doors within the factory building. The film maker had an agenda of how the film was presented. Order was present in the movie. The film was trying to tell the world that because of careless behavior a lot of people died for no reason. The fire was the result of careless behavior that cost a lot of people their lives. The film as evidence

I propose that we visit the Brown Building (originally named the Asch Building). That is because it was a very important place regarding my topic, labor. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory occupied the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of that building, which was well known for its “fire proof” rooms at the time. Obviously, this was proven wrong. There was a huge fire in the top few floors of the building, that could have been caused by many things. But, the results of the fire were grave. Just under

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Research Fire! Fire! Fire! Only it took 18 minutes to destroy 146 lives. A normal day that soon was about to become the deadliest in one’s life, it went through the top floors in the blink of an eye. The lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire were tremendously tragic, but worth it because they changed America by bringing up many laws that will impact the wages gained and working conditions that would later prevent this from happening again. Humans can be

was not the first to impact the people of America. There was a different incident that once again included a fire that had come seven years before that had caused about 1,000 people to die, however, in that event it did not take place in an actual building. This incident actually, had taken place in the “General Slocum” excursion boat. These incidents were not per say the best things to happen to America because it did take many lives, however, there were good things that came out due to these events