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An original photograph donated to the oldwoodward.com archives.

Inked20190502072149-58c453f7-me_LI.jpg An old-ball Woodward Hydraulic Gate Shaft(water wheel) type governor application to control a wind turbine.ThumbnailsAn original picture of a Woodward VR(vertical relay) type hydraulic governor manufactured in 1916.An old-ball Woodward Hydraulic Gate Shaft(water wheel) type governor application to control a wind turbine.ThumbnailsAn original picture of a Woodward VR(vertical relay) type hydraulic governor manufactured in 1916.

Notice the Woodward oil pressure water wheel gate shaft type governor column getting assembled on the 4th floor assembly area in the Woodward Mill Street factory down in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois, circa 1936.