Home / Historical Woodward Hydroelectric governor application manuals. / WOODWARD HYDRAULIC GATESHAFT TYPE TURBINE WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR MANUAL / A few of Brad's old Woodward hydraulic gate shaft type governor components. 38
- An old Woodward hydraulic governor water wheel control column to a gate shaft type governor.
- Entering the reference library area in the basement.
- The wall of governors on display.
- A James Leffel & Company blue print of a Woodward water wheel governor application from 1923.
- A governor control column casting not machined that was scrapped from a crack in the casting when poured.
- A water wheel governor mechanical timer for a VR type hydraulic governor from 1914.
- The theme of the oldwoodward.com history web site is" things mechanical".
- This mechanical timer was used to start the opening of the turbine water wheel gate.
- The theme of the oldwoodward.com history web site is" things mechanical".
- The mechanical timer still works after over 100 years.
- Just a few of the thousands of parts that make a governor work.
- Woodward governor history saved one piece at a time.
- They do not make them like they used to.
- The inside of a compensating dashpot casting.
- The two ports of the compensating dashpot component.