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

img080.jpg ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.

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