Hess, Philip Jr.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Hess, Philip Jr.			Pennsylvania	1840s

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Philip Hess Jr., son of John Frederick Hess was a gunsmith. He was the operater of a water-ower rifle factory situ ated at the foot of the Blue Mountains in 1832. The Hess Gun Factory was located one mile west of the Old Lehigh Furnace in Heidelberg Township. This factory was enlarged and improved until it reached the size of 95 feet long by 35 feet wide and employed more than twenty men. The gun factory operated until 1872, when it was finally sold.

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Philip Hess Jr., son of John Frederick Hess was a gunsmith. He was the operater of a water-ower rifle factory situ ated at the foot of the Blue Mountains in 1832. The Hess Gun Factory was located one mile west of the Old Lehigh Furnace in Heidelberg Township. This factory was enlarged and improved until it reached the size of 95 feet long by 35 feet wide and employed more than twenty men. The gun factory operated until 1872, when it was finally sold.