Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

img084.jpg Governor for the World Radio Missionary in Ecuador, circa 1980.ThumbnailsA Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.Governor for the World Radio Missionary in Ecuador, circa 1980.ThumbnailsA Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.Governor for the World Radio Missionary in Ecuador, circa 1980.ThumbnailsA Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.Governor for the World Radio Missionary in Ecuador, circa 1980.ThumbnailsA Woodward turbine water wheel governor conversion job replacing vintage this Lombard oil pressure governor.

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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