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The Woodward size F governor was smaller in work capacity than this size B governor.

40.jpg The Woodward Governor Company's factory down by the Rock River in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.ThumbnailsWOODWARD HYDRAULIC GATE SHAFT TYPE WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR HISTORY.The Woodward Governor Company's factory down by the Rock River in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.ThumbnailsWOODWARD HYDRAULIC GATE SHAFT TYPE WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR HISTORY.The Woodward Governor Company's factory down by the Rock River in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.ThumbnailsWOODWARD HYDRAULIC GATE SHAFT TYPE WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR HISTORY.The Woodward Governor Company's factory down by the Rock River in the Water Power District in Rockford, Illinois.ThumbnailsWOODWARD HYDRAULIC GATE SHAFT TYPE WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR HISTORY.

The Woodward size B and F type horizontal compensating water wheel governors were made the same way, except the larger B size governor had bigger components to pull more foot pounds on the water wheel gate mecanizm