Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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GLOB MILLS BLUEPRINT, CIRCA 1899.

20170913232057-6b8c20e8-xx.jpg John Herschel created the blueprint process in 1842.ThumbnailsMore donated vintage blueprints of hydro turbines.John Herschel created the blueprint process in 1842.ThumbnailsMore donated vintage blueprints of hydro turbines.John Herschel created the blueprint process in 1842.ThumbnailsMore donated vintage blueprints of hydro turbines.John Herschel created the blueprint process in 1842.ThumbnailsMore donated vintage blueprints of hydro turbines.

Hundreds of obsolete hydroelectric power plant blue print drawings were discarded into the Woodward trash compactor in 1995 when John Halbrook closed the Woodward Governor Company's Stevens Point, Wisconsin factory. Brad loves to dumpster dive.