Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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An early Woodward Governor Company factory photo of their only location at 250 Mill Street.

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This picture has several governor parts in it that go into the Woodward compensating type governor. The large stack of gears are the Crown gears(part number 24)that are the main part in all the Woodward mechanical water wheel governors. Read the operating manual posted for this type of governor to see where all these parts go.