In 1911 in Manhattan, New York, a clothing factory went up in flames just before closing time. We look at how faulty equipment, poor design and a fear of theft contributed to a wholly preventable incident that had such terrible consequences, but would trigger reforms that still impact the United States, a century later. With John Chidgey. This show is <a href="/blog/podcasting-2-0">Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced</a>
Links of Interest:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire#cite_ref-14">Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Building_(Manhattan)">Brown Building</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist_(clothing)">Shirtwaist</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126184708/http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&amp;context=triangletrans">Court Transcript of the Criminal Trial</a></li>
<li><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/85134/wisconsin-unions-walker-triangle-shirtwaist-fire">The Triangle Fire of 1911</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apwu.org/news/sweatshop-tragedy-ignites-fight-workplace-safety">Sweatshop Tragedy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/supplemental/AschBuildingLandmark.pdf">Brown Building (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/sweatshop">Sweatshop Definition</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.onlineclothingstudy.com/2018/05/machinery-needed-for-garment.html">Machinery Needed for Garment Manufacturing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.onlineclothingstudy.com/2015/05/different-types-of-sewing-line-layout.html">Different Types of Sewing Line Layout</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tajswestcoast.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/world-tallest-building-fire-safety-and-passive-fire-prevention/">World Tallest Building Passive Fire Prevention</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/early-19-century-firefighters-fought-fires-each-other-180960391/">Early 19th Century Firefighting</a></li>
</ul>
Cornell University&rsquo;s Excellent Resource on the Incident:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/">The Triangle Factory Fire</a></li>
<li><a href="http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/primary/reports/FourthReportOfFIC.html">The Triangle Factory Fire: Report Summaries</a></li>
<li><a href="https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/supplemental/timeline/pages/asch_building.html">The Triangle Factory Fire: Timeline</a></li>
</ul>
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43: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

John Chidgey

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Causality

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.


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