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Woodward Governor Company's Gate Shaft type turbine water wheel governor.

Hydro-Electricity2.jpg ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's new friction water wheel governor, circa 1897.ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's new friction water wheel governor, circa 1897.ThumbnailsAmos Woodward's new friction water wheel governor, circa 1897.

Still operating 77 years after this governor was installed in 1943. To read the theory of operation on this legacy governor, go to the governor manual gallery on page 2.

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