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An odd-ball Woodward engineering job for a Smith-Putnam Wind Turbine application.

img084.jpg A Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.ThumbnailsBIG CREEK POWERHOUSE NUMBER 1, CIRCA 1913.A Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.ThumbnailsBIG CREEK POWERHOUSE NUMBER 1, CIRCA 1913.A Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.ThumbnailsBIG CREEK POWERHOUSE NUMBER 1, CIRCA 1913.A Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.ThumbnailsBIG CREEK POWERHOUSE NUMBER 1, CIRCA 1913.

This Woodward hydraulic governor controlled the blades of a 1.25 megawatt Smith-Putnum Wind Turbine. The machine was a two-bladed 174 ft rotor diameter turbine unit. The turbine was connected to a General Electric 600 rpm generator. This machine was the largest wind turbine ever built until 1979.

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