Founded by John A Hess and Marvin A Hess and located at 2512 Callowhill Street in Philadelphia, PA, the Hess Machine Works manufactured saw cutting and setting machinery, file making machinery, and a wood, leather and paper cutting rotary-knife machine.
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- 1911-10-05 The Iron Age.The Hess Machine Works reports a fair inquiry for its line of file making as well as for special machinery. The foreign demand has been a trifle less active, although the domestic business continues fair. Several sets of file-making machinery have been recently shipped for export, including one set for parties in Germany.