Editing Canton, Ohio (section)

===Major companies===
[[File:Timken Roller Bearing Co. (16100734127).jpg|alt=Timken Roller Bearing Co., 1922|thumb|[[Timken Roller Bearing Company|Timken Roller Bearing Co.]], 1922]]

The [[Timken Company]] has been among the largest employers in Canton for nearly 100 years. In 1898, [[Henry Timken]] obtained a patent for the [[tapered roller bearing]], and in 1899 incorporated as the Timken Roller Bearing Axle Company in [[St. Louis]]. In 1901, the company moved to Canton as the automobile industry began to overtake the carriage industry. Timken and his two sons chose this location because of its proximity to the American car manufacturing centers of Detroit and [[Cleveland]] and the American steel-making centers of [[Pittsburgh]] and Cleveland. By 1960, Timken had operations in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France, South Africa, Australia and Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Timken_Company|title=Timken Company |website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> The company changed its corporate structure in 2014; the roller bearing-producing part of the company was separated from the steel-producing part of the company, resulting in two separate companies. The Timken Company continues to manufacture roller bearings, while TimkenSteel produces steel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20140630/Business/140639961|title=TimkenSteel launches a new era in Canton|last=Pritchard|first=Edd|website=The Repository|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

Today, TimkenSteel remains headquartered in Canton and employs 2,800 people, most of them in Northeast Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timkensteel.com/en/who%20we%20are/100%20years|title=Made in America for More than 100 Years|website=TimkenSteel|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> The company makes special bar quality steel, used in applications all over the world. The Timken Co. is now headquartered in [[Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio|Jackson Township]], a suburb of Canton, and employs 14,000 people around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timken.com/|title=The Timken Company {{!}} Bearings & Mechanical Power Transmissions|website=The Timken Company|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> The company designs, engineers, manufactures and sells bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, chain and related products, and offers a spectrum of power system rebuild and repair services around the globe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20171226/stark-heritage-timken-name-and-its-tremendous-impact-on-county-history|title=Stark Heritage: The Timken name and its tremendous impact on county history|last=Botos|first=Tim|website=The Repository|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Dueber-Hampden Watch Company]] was an important employer in Canton during the early 1920s. It was formally organized in 1923, having previously consisted of two separate companies: the Dueber Watch Case Company and the Hampden Watch Company. In 1886, John Dueber, the owner of the Dueber Watch Case Company, purchased a controlling interest in the Hampden Watch Company. In 1888, he relocated the Hampden Watch Company from [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] and the Dueber Watch Case Company from [[Newport, Kentucky]] to Canton, Ohio. These two companies shared manufacturing facilities in Canton but remained two separate companies. The Dueber Watch Case Company and the Hampden Watch Company quickly became two of Canton's largest employers. In 1888, the companies' first year in Canton, they employed 2,300 Canton residents. In 1890, Canton's population was 26,337. Thanks to these two companies, Canton became an important center for watch manufacturing in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Dueber-Hampden_Watch_Company|title=Dueber-Hampden Watch Company |website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> In 1927 the company went bankrupt, finally ceasing operations in the city in 1930. The machinery and tools were sold to the [[Amtorg Trading Corporation]], one of Soviet Russia's buying agencies in the US, for $329.000. The company's massive brick factories, which covered over 20 acres and included an ornate 150-foot clock tower, were demolished to accommodate the construction of [[Interstate 77]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/article/20160328/news/160329321|title=1930: Canton watchmakers, wives started Russian watch factory|last=Hoover|first=Shane|website=The Repository|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>