A monument to eight unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, March 25, 1911. The factory, on the upper floors of a supposedly fireproof building near Washington Square in Manhattan, caught fire and 145 people perished - trapped by doors that were locked to prevent union organizers from entering the premises. The disaster led to an overhaul of fire codes, and legislation to protect worker's safety.
A monument to eight unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, March 25, 1911. The factory, on the upper floors of a supposedly fireproof building near Washington Square in Manhattan, caught fire and 145 people perished - trapped by doors that were locked to prevent union organizers from entering the premises. The disaster led to an overhaul of fire codes, and legislation to protect worker's safety.
Bio by: Joe Fodor
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"In sympathy and sorrow, citizens of New York raise this monument over the graves of unidentified women and children who with one hundred and thirty nine others perished by fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Washington Place
March 25, 1911"
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