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    1911, no one would be able to forget when one of the most catastrophic tragedies on record not only in New York City, but in the history of the American industry transpired. This horrendous event will forever be known as The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Due to the inhumane working conditions and the rapidly spreading fire, 145 of the 600 employees had died an extremely miserable death during the disastrous event from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. The…

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    Shirtwaist Factory, which occupied the top three floors of the ten story Asch building in New York City, caught on fire, killing 146 people within fifteen minutes and seriously injuring 70 more. Those affected were mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrant women between the ages of sixteen and twenty three. At the time, the space was occupied by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, a clothing sweatshop run by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a large factory that made…

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    destination I wanted, I would want to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Imagine all of your childhood dreams come true and you win a ticket to a place that is completely filled with all of your favorite and sweetest candies. Even containing treats that are new and have never been heard of or tasted before. Who hasn’t had that fantasy? Ever since I was a kid, I remember watching the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”and often asking my parents if we could pay a visit there. It…

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    The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory fire took place in New York City on March 25, 1911, killing 145 workers. This is a very infamous incident that happened in the American industrial history because the deaths could have been avoided; most of the victims died as a consequence of neglected safety features and locked doors within the factory building. This tragedy finally brought awareness to the dangerous sweatshop environments within the factories, and led to the growth of a series of…

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    of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The private industry of the American factory would never be the same.”-PBS.org Many men and women who worked in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory were immigrants who came to America seeking the “American Dream”. They wanted to make a life for themselves and their families, but many of them were unable to do so because of the horrible working conditions of the factory. This fire could have…

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    very poor. His grandparents are elderly and stay in bed all day long. Charlie’s father works hard in a toothpaste factory but no matter how hard he works he never makes enough money to feed his family. They live on cabbage and cabbage soup, and Charlie is always hungry. Charlie loves chocolate and gets one chocolate bar for his birthday every year. The great Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory is close to where Charlie lives. Mr. Wonka shut himself off from the public years before because his…

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    Shirtwaist Factory fire (Triangle Fire) could be attributed to a plethora of cumulative factors that brought about the deaths of numerous factory workers. The event referred to as, “The Fire That Changed America” (Argersinger 1), occurred just a short time after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory strike (Triangle Strike), which addressed the horrific conditions faced by the factory workers and their right to unionize; and confirmed the claims of the Triangle Strike women workers. Despite factory…

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    Through his films, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Edward Scissorhands,” and his outcast characters…

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    over the net and was killed instantly, like all the rest"(Triangle 2). On what was meant to be a calm March 25, 1911 in New York City all went south when the worst industrial fire broke out killing 146 people. This factory was owned and operated by Isaac Harris and Max Blanck. Their factory took place on the top three floors. The background, the cause, and the result of this…

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    Who is really responsible for the Triangle Factory Fire? On March 25th, 1911 one of the world’s worst fire accidents was the day that the Triangle Factory was burned down. According to the young women who survived the fire, what caused the fire was that a few smokers within the building dropped a cigar into a waste basket full of scraps that were flammable and the fire spread out of control throughout the whole building. When the rescue teams and the police arrived to the scene, they estimated…

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