Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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Back in the day when you had to work hard for a living.

20190505171812-afadf152.jpg A Woodward Governor Company actuator governor on the assembly floor at 250 Mill Street in Rockford Illinois Circa 1940ThumbnailsFor the love of governor history.A Woodward Governor Company actuator governor on the assembly floor at 250 Mill Street in Rockford Illinois Circa 1940ThumbnailsFor the love of governor history.A Woodward Governor Company actuator governor on the assembly floor at 250 Mill Street in Rockford Illinois Circa 1940ThumbnailsFor the love of governor history.A Woodward Governor Company actuator governor on the assembly floor at 250 Mill Street in Rockford Illinois Circa 1940ThumbnailsFor the love of governor history.

Woodward management always required their production workers to work long hours every week. Most shop floor workers were required to work a 10-12 hour daily shift, 6 days a week, to manufacture Woodward governor systems.