The turbine spins much like a pinwheel as you blow air into its folds. Rather than air, the directed force of over 9 million gallons of water per hour turned the turbine. As the turbine rotated, the shaft connected to it turned the electromagnets in the generator and created electrical energy.
Turbine
Manufacture: The James Leffel & Company
Order No: W1340
Type: B
Mfg. Date: 1926
Speed: 150 RPM
This governor was designed and built by the Woodward Governor Company in Rockford, Illinois. The shop order, dated September 1, 1927, shows that the governor was inspected by Elmer E. Woodward, son of the founder of the Company, who developed this model of governor controls.
The governor opened and closed the gates that allowed water to flow through the turbine. Because this governor used an open oil system, it required the oil reservoir to the right.
Governor
Manufacture: Woodward
Number: 5985
Type: HR 8400 FT-LBS
Size: 775 x 12
Submitted: February 16, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p639406
File Size: 1.547 Megabytes
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