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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080512
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIMKEN CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098362
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS [3562]
		IRS NUMBER:				340577130
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-150846
		FILM NUMBER:		08823177

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1835 DUEBER AVE SW
		CITY:			CANTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44706-2798
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3304713078

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710304
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;12, 2008.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE TIMKEN COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Ohio<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">34-0577130<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44706-2798<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COMPANY SAVINGS PLAN FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF TIMKEN FRANCE</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Scott A. Scherff<BR>
Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel<BR>
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.<BR>
Canton, Ohio 44706-2798<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(330)&nbsp;438-3000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and
&#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Non-accelerated filer &nbsp; <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount</TD>
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                    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock,<br>
without par value
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,664,000.00
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    <TD>Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs
(c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), on the
basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of such securities on the New York Stock
Exchange on May&nbsp;7, 2008, within five business days prior to filing.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No.
333-76062, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on December&nbsp;28,
2001, and Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-62481, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;28, 1998, are
incorporated herein by reference. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed for the purpose
of registering an additional 100,000 shares of Common Stock, without par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of
The Timken Company, an Ohio corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), under the Plan.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following Exhibits are being filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4(a)</TD>
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    <TD> Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit
to the Registrant&#146;s Form S-8 Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-02553 and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4(b)</TD>
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    <TD> Amended Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1992
(File No.&nbsp;1-1169) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4(c)</TD>
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    <TD> Company Savings Plan for the Employees of Timken France (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) (filed as an
exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Form S-8 Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-62481 and
incorporated herein by reference.)</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Counsel.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23(a)</TD>
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    <TD> Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23(b)</TD>
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    <TD> Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Canton, State
of Ohio, on this 12<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of May&nbsp;2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THE TIMKEN COMPANY<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;/s/Scott A. Scherff                               &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Scott A. Scherff&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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James W. Griffith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
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Glenn A. Eisenberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President &#151;
Finance and Administration<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Theodore Mihaila</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President &#151;
Finance and Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip R. Cox</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerry J. Jasinowski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John A. Luke, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert W. Mahoney</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph W. Ralston</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Reilly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank C. Sullivan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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John M. Timken, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ward J. Timken</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ward J. Timken, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph F. Toot, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jacqueline F. Woods</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the above-named directors and
officers of the Registrant by Scott A. Scherff, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General
Counsel of the Registrant, as attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney filed with the
Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;24 to this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">DATED:  May 12, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Scott A. Scherff
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Scott A. Scherff, Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as an
exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement No.
333-02553 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit
to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 1992 (File No.&nbsp;1-1169) and incorporated herein
by reference).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(c)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Company Savings Plan For The Employees of Timken France (filed as
an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement No.
333-62481 and incorporated herein by reference.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT 5</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">May&nbsp;12, 2008
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Timken Company<BR>
1835 Dueber Ave., S.W.<BR>
Canton, OH 44706

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    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B><I>RE:</I></B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Company Savings Plan for the Employees of Timken France</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of The Timken Company, an Ohio
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), I have acted as counsel for the Registrant in connection with the
filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to register under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), an additional 100,000 shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, without par value, to be issued or transferred and sold under the
Company Savings Plan for the Employees of Timken France (the &#147;Plan&#148;). I have examined such
documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated herein, I am of
the opinion that the Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the
terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; provided that the
Registrant at such time has sufficient authorized but unissued shares of common stock remaining
under its Amended Articles of Incorporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My examination of matters of law in connection with the opinions expressed herein has been
limited to, and accordingly my opinions herein are limited to, the Ohio General Corporation Law,
including the applicable provisions of the Ohio Constitution and the reported judicial decisions
interpreting such law. I express no opinion with respect to any other law of the State of Ohio or
any other jurisdiction. In addition, I have assumed that the resolutions authorizing the Registrant
to issue and sell the Shares pursuant to the Plan will be in full force and effect at all times at
which such Shares are issued or sold by the Registrant, and the Registrant will take no action
inconsistent with such resolutions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to the Registration Statement. In
giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am included in the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">          &nbsp;/s/Scott A. Scherff
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Scott A. Scherff&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Corporate Secretary and Assistant<br>
General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT 23(a)</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8
pertaining to the Company Savings Plan for the Employees of Timken France for the registration of
100,000 shares of common stock, without par value, of The Timken Company of our reports dated
February&nbsp;25,&nbsp;2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of The Timken
Company included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of The Timken Company filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Cleveland, Ohio<BR>
May&nbsp;7, 2008

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">     /s/  ERNST &#038; YOUNG LLP
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT 24</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Company Savings Plan for the Employees of Timken France

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of
The Timken Company, an Ohio corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby (1)&nbsp;constitutes and appoints Glenn
A. Eisenberg, William R. Burkhart and Scott A. Scherff, collectively and individually, as his or
her agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to (a)&nbsp;sign and
file on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities (i)&nbsp;one
or more Registration Statements on Form S-8, or other appropriate form (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the
shares of Common Stock, without par value, of the Company issuable pursuant to the Company Savings
Plan for the Employees of Timken France (the &#147;Plan&#148;), and if required, the related participation
interests under the Plan, (ii)&nbsp;any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and
exhibits to the Registration Statement and (iii)&nbsp;any and all applications or other documents to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission or other
regulatory authority with respect to the securities covered by the Registration Statement, and
(b)&nbsp;do and perform any and all other acts and deeds whatsoever that may be necessary or required in
the premises; and (2)&nbsp;ratifies and approves any and all actions that may be taken pursuant hereto
by any of the above-named agents and attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned directors and officers of the Company have hereunto set
their hands as of the 12<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of May&nbsp;2008.
</DIV>
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