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Amos Woodward's size 4 water wheel governor.

20180307173624-83f6b3cb.jpg An early photograph inside of the Woodward factory on Mill Street down in the Water Power District.ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's replica of the patent model sent with the patent number 103,813, circa 1870.An early photograph inside of the Woodward factory on Mill Street down in the Water Power District.ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's replica of the patent model sent with the patent number 103,813, circa 1870.An early photograph inside of the Woodward factory on Mill Street down in the Water Power District.ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's replica of the patent model sent with the patent number 103,813, circa 1870.An early photograph inside of the Woodward factory on Mill Street down in the Water Power District.ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's replica of the patent model sent with the patent number 103,813, circa 1870.

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.