Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Did anyone here know about t.t.i. closing the north canton factory on oct 19th,

 a very sad day for Hoover. and the american workers, I must add that the writing has been on the wall for a long time.

any comments, and please be civil......

MOLE

Hi DIB,

Fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing.  Very neat, as someone who was born a few decades too late (LOL), to see the way they did things back then.  I LOVED the pictures taken of the inside of the factory...the machines being assembled, what looked like the wooden handles being made (?), and the workers handling the aluminum bases.  I can only imagine what it would be like to go back in time and purchase a brand new Hoover 105 or 700.   Better yet, the 1910's clutch-equipped Senior or 972 commercial...

I agree with the others that while the physical presence of Hoover may be gone, the legacy will most certainly live on. 

Hi all,

Following is a link to a story released today.  The Hoover factory has been bought and may become a sitre for small business and residences.  Wonder who's going to live in them.  If it weren't so tragic, wouldn't it be a scream if it was turned into subsidized housing for the out of work locals?

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080129/oh_hoover_redevelopment.html?.v=1

To be fair . . . 

http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5611801&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Regards,

Venson

Hey everybody ... kind of stumbled with this thread, but good I did!

I work for a company in North Canton, Flower Factory, this company is a wholesale kind of business, well, we are taking over one of the buildings at the Hoover site, right now we are in the process of revamping the warehouse to move part of our operation there, so a lot of jobs will be available there soon.

Also, for what I know, what were the Hoover office building, it will be converted into a comercial center, with restaurants and stuff, so a lot more jobs will come into the area there too, kind the change they been doing in downtown Columbus, where a lot of vacant buildings and land were converted into comercial area.

Hopefully the same or more amount of jobs will come back to Canton in that area!

JC

Thanks JC.  That makes me feel better. So many communities are still suffering after a major business entity has removed itself or been removed.

Regards,

Venson