Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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An original photograph donated to the oldwoodward.com archives.

Inked20190502072149-58c453f7-me_LI.jpg The Irving hydro plant governor now in a museum on the original building site that was taken down.ThumbnailsThe smallest capacity(1250 ft. lbs) turbine water wheel governor made by Woodward.The Irving hydro plant governor now in a museum on the original building site that was taken down.ThumbnailsThe smallest capacity(1250 ft. lbs) turbine water wheel governor made by Woodward.

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.