The name Triangle was seared in the minds of workers and industrial reformers even before the building burned that terrible Saturday in 1911. The company was notoriously anti-union, and known to be exceptionally dangerous, even by the standards of the day. Owners Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, “The Shirtwaist Kings,” personally designed the layout of the 280 sewing machines on the ninth floor to minimize conversation and maximize production. They also fined their workers for talking, singing, and taking too many breaks.

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