EXHIBIT 24
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
     and officers of The Timken Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
     hereby (1) constitutes and appoints James W. Griffith, 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) sign and file on his or her behalf and in his or
     her name, place and stead in any and all capacities (i) an Annual Report
     pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended, on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, (ii)
     any and all amendments and exhibits to such Annual Report, and (b) do and
     perform any and all other acts and deeds whatsoever that may be necessary
     or required in the premises; and (2) 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.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned directors and officers of the
     Company have hereunto set their hands as of the 15th day of March 2005.

          /s/ Sallie B. Bailey              /s/ Joseph W. Ralston
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          Sallie B. Bailey                  Joseph W. Ralston
          (Principal Accounting Officer)

          /s/ Glenn A. Eisenberg            /s/ Frank C. Sullivan
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          Glenn A. Eisenberg                Frank C. Sullivan
          (Principal Financial Officer)

          /s/ Phillip R. Cox                /s/ John M. Timken, Jr.
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          Phillip R. Cox                    John M. Timken, Jr.

          /s/ James W. Griffith             /s/ Ward J. Timken
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          James W. Griffith                 Ward J. Timken
          (Principal Executive Officer)

          /s/ Jerry J. Jasinowski           /s/ Ward J. Timken, Jr.
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          Jerry J. Jasinowski               Ward J. Timken, Jr.

          /s/ John A. Luke, Jr.             /s/ W.R. Timken, Jr.
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          John A. Luke, Jr.                 W.R. Timken, Jr.

          /s/ Robert W. Mahoney             /s/ Joseph F. Toot, Jr.
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          Robert W. Mahoney                 Joseph F. Toot, Jr.

          /s/ Jay A. Precourt               /s/ Jacqueline F. Woods
          _____________________________     ______________________________
          Jay A. Precourt                   Jacqueline F. Woods