Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

[ stop the slideshow ]

Amos Woodward's first patented governor (number 103,813) from 1870

145831f33606edfb83a064cba0f703d0.jpg Amos Woodward was an obsessive tinkerer...ThumbnailsThe N.C. Thompson's Reaper Works at 650-658 Race Street in the water power district in Rockford, Illinois.Amos Woodward was an obsessive tinkerer...ThumbnailsThe N.C. Thompson's Reaper Works at 650-658 Race Street in the water power district in Rockford, Illinois.Amos Woodward was an obsessive tinkerer...ThumbnailsThe N.C. Thompson's Reaper Works at 650-658 Race Street in the water power district in Rockford, Illinois.