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Location of the Woodward Governor Company's first three factories.

WATER POWER DISTRICT IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.jpg Water Power Control : An Operating Model of the Past.ThumbnailsThis old Woodward factory at 250 Mill Street in Rockford, Illinois is still standing in the year 2021.Water Power Control : An Operating Model of the Past.ThumbnailsThis old Woodward factory at 250 Mill Street in Rockford, Illinois is still standing in the year 2021.Water Power Control : An Operating Model of the Past.ThumbnailsThis old Woodward factory at 250 Mill Street in Rockford, Illinois is still standing in the year 2021.Water Power Control : An Operating Model of the Past.ThumbnailsThis old Woodward factory at 250 Mill Street in Rockford, Illinois is still standing in the year 2021.

On the left side of this historic postcard, about one block down the river was the location of Amos Woodward's first two factory locations(1872-1910). The third Woodward factory(1910-1941)at 250 Mill Street was two blocks from the other two factories and that building is still standing in the year 2021.

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