Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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Another vintage Elmer Woodward ad from 1905.

c908fcf8dbf685db97878ad1289358e6.jpg Elmer E. Woodward's state-of-the-art mechanical compensating type water wheel governor.ThumbnailsData from Water Power Engineering, circa 1908.Elmer E. Woodward's state-of-the-art mechanical compensating type water wheel governor.ThumbnailsData from Water Power Engineering, circa 1908.Elmer E. Woodward's state-of-the-art mechanical compensating type water wheel governor.ThumbnailsData from Water Power Engineering, circa 1908.

This HORIZONTAL MODEL GOVERNOR TYPE was patented in 1901 under the patent number 679,353 of which is posted in the patent gallery.