Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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The Woodward Governor Company had a long relationship with the James Leffel Company making hundreds of governors for thieir turbine water wheels.

JAMES LEFFEL & COMPANY..jpg The Woodward Company is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of Prime Mover Controls.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Governor Factory on Mill Street in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois(1910-1941).The Woodward Company is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of Prime Mover Controls.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Governor Factory on Mill Street in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois(1910-1941).The Woodward Company is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of Prime Mover Controls.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Governor Factory on Mill Street in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois(1910-1941).The Woodward Company is the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of Prime Mover Controls.ThumbnailsThe Woodward Governor Factory on Mill Street in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois(1910-1941).

Can you spot the Woodward VR hydraulic water wheel governor?