Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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A vintage advertisement from 1918.

PXL_20201229_221456399.jpg A telegram inquiry to the S. Morgan Smith Company from the Fayette Silk Company, circa February 27, 1907.ThumbnailsA vintage machine shop manufacturing company advertisement from 1970.A telegram inquiry to the S. Morgan Smith Company from the Fayette Silk Company, circa February 27, 1907.ThumbnailsA vintage machine shop manufacturing company advertisement from 1970.A telegram inquiry to the S. Morgan Smith Company from the Fayette Silk Company, circa February 27, 1907.ThumbnailsA vintage machine shop manufacturing company advertisement from 1970.A telegram inquiry to the S. Morgan Smith Company from the Fayette Silk Company, circa February 27, 1907.ThumbnailsA vintage machine shop manufacturing company advertisement from 1970.

This Woodward VR type water wheel governor was the first hydraulic(oil pressure)turbine water wheel governor manufactured by Woodward starting in 1910.