Historical information about the Woodward Governor Company and the Hydroelectric Power Industry. / Historical hydroelectric power plant information and the oldest Woodward product catalogue in the collection.

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A Short History of Hydropower Control.

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WOODWARD CHRONOLOGY.

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Amos and Elmer Woodward era engineering and history about Prime Movers.

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932 photos in 46 sub-albums
A visit to the old Woodward Governor Company's Mill House and property over the years.

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167 photos in 4 sub-albums

This Mill House was built in 1986 and has installed three 40 HP water pumps for irrigating the original 58 acres of the Woodward property. A Woodward Standard size 2 water wheel governor is still in operation. History in the making!
James Watt and the Kaufmann centrifugal governor prototype from 1790.

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61 photos in 2 sub-albums
MONARCH FLOUR MILLING MACHINERY AND THE PHOENIX SAW MILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY HISTORY.

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50 photos in 2 sub-albums

A. W. WOODWARD FRICTION WATER WHEEL GOVERNORS.
IT ALL BEGAN BACK IN 1870...
Amos Woodward's 1908 product catalogue.
Amos Woodward's first governor from patent No. 103,813, May 31, 1870.
Hydroelectricity "Birthplace of Power".
The Saga of a Patent Model.
A. W. WOODWARD PATENT NUMBER 103,813.
A. W. WOODWARD PATENT PAGE 2.
A. W. WOODWARD PATENT NUMBER 103,813 PAGE 3.
WOODWARD'S FRICTION WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR.
Amos Woodward's governor catalogue from 1908. Page fifteen.
August 22, 1903, David Samuels wrote:
Amos Woodward would be amazed to see this Woodward designed and manufactured CFM56-2 jet engine governor.
The Amos Woodward Water-Wheel Governor.
The Amos Woodward Governor description. Page 2.