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Amos Woodward's size 4 water wheel governor.

20180307173624-83f6b3cb.jpg Circa 1906.ThumbnailsA.W. Woodward patent model, patent number 103,813.Circa 1906.ThumbnailsA.W. Woodward patent model, patent number 103,813.Circa 1906.ThumbnailsA.W. Woodward patent model, patent number 103,813.Circa 1906.ThumbnailsA.W. Woodward patent model, patent number 103,813.

This legacy governor was A.W. Woodward's smallest governor designed and manufactured(last unit made in 1908)until Elmer Woodward designed, patented and manufactured his little three pound propeller aircraft engine governor in 1934.