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A Woodward Horizontal Compensating Type Turbine Water Wheel Governor Operating In A Wisconsin Paper Mill.

img080.jpg Elmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsInformation from the Woodward Water Wheel Governor Catalogue, circa 1905.Elmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsInformation from the Woodward Water Wheel Governor Catalogue, circa 1905.Elmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsInformation from the Woodward Water Wheel Governor Catalogue, circa 1905.Elmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsInformation from the Woodward Water Wheel Governor Catalogue, circa 1905.

This Woodward governor was manufactured from patent number 608,245. Patent history is fun!