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This Woodward governor was manufactured from patent number 608,245.

20190411135116-f9478e70.jpg A Woodward Horizontal Compensating Type Turbine Water Wheel Governor Operating In A Wisconsin Paper Mill.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.A Woodward Horizontal Compensating Type Turbine Water Wheel Governor Operating In A Wisconsin Paper Mill.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.A Woodward Horizontal Compensating Type Turbine Water Wheel Governor Operating In A Wisconsin Paper Mill.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.A Woodward Horizontal Compensating Type Turbine Water Wheel Governor Operating In A Wisconsin Paper Mill.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's new horizontal compensating water wheel governor, circa 1902.

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