{"id":2902,"slug":"triangle-shirtwaist-site-new-york-new-york","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Triangle is the '11 — the 'March 25' that's the 4:45, the '146' that's the died. The 'locked' is the doors — the 'ninth floor' that's the trapped, the 'fire escape' that's the collapsed. The 'jumped' is the windows — the 'ladders' that's the too short, the 'nets' that's the broke.","The '1909' is the strike — the '20,000' that's the walked, the 'unions' that's the denied. The 'witnesses' is the city — the 'Washington Place' that's the watched, the 'criminal trial' that's the acquitted. Triangle is the reform — the '60 laws' that's the changed, the 'Brown Building' that's the NYU.","The file keeps Triangle: the 1911 fire, the 146 dead, the locked doors, and the labor laws born.","Triangle Shirtwaist is the archive's NYC file — the ninth floor's dead."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Triangle Shirtwaist is the archive's NYC file — the locked door's fire.","A site keeps its windows — the file's suggestion being that Triangle's hold is the jumped: the '146' that's the died, the 'locked' that's the doors, and the 'laws' that's the born."]}],"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","DISASTER"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"March 25, 1911—the fire that changed labor law.","full_desc":"Triangle Shirtwaist site is a site in New York, New York. March 25, 1911—the fire that changed labor law. Its accounts name only a collective — the triangle dead. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. 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Triangle Shirtwaist site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. 'Triangle Shirtwaist site' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The Triangle dead","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2652,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the building. Triangle Shirtwaist site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The report is preserved in sources like 'Triangle Shirtwaist site'. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The March 25, 1911 fire is documented; 146 died. Triangle Shirtwaist site's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Triangle Shirtwaist site'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1911-03-25","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The workers are reportedly remembered. Triangle Shirtwaist site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'Triangle Shirtwaist site' keep the claim in circulation. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The Triangle dead","claimed_identity":"The Triangle dead","verified":null,"summary":"The workers are reportedly remembered. The presences go by the Triangle dead in the file. The reports at Triangle Shirtwaist site are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The report is preserved in sources like 'Triangle Shirtwaist site'. The lore has a face now: The Triangle dead.","behavior":"The workers are reportedly remembered.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Triangle Shirtwaist site","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}