Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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- The Triangle factory was located in the top three floors of the Asch Building in Manhattan; employing young immigrant women who worked in a cramped space at lines of sewing machines.
- On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burned, killing 145 workers.
- The tragedy brought widespread attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories, and led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of workers.
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