Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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A vintage advertisement from 1918.

PXL_20201229_221456399.jpg A Woodwardology project for 2021.ThumbnailsThe old Woodward building downtown in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.A Woodwardology project for 2021.ThumbnailsThe old Woodward building downtown in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.A Woodwardology project for 2021.ThumbnailsThe old Woodward building downtown in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.A Woodwardology project for 2021.ThumbnailsThe old Woodward building downtown in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.

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