LB2007.1.114783

LB2007.1.114783

Central Maine Power Co., Standard Brewing Co., Rockhester N.Y., Ox Head Sturdy Ale This photo of the Ox Head Sturdy Ale's advertising vehicle is on High Street in front of the Phoenix Row and the offices of Central Maine Power Company. The vehicle sports a team of oxen and a cart. The sign on the side of the truck notes that Maine Distributors, Inc. is the local distributor. STANDARD BREWING COMPANY The Standard Brewing Company, brewers of Ox Head Sturdy Ale, was founded in 1889 as an ale brewery. It was originally located at 10 Cataract Street in Rochester, New York. By the time of prohibition, the brewery's capacity was 30,000 barrels per year. After repeal, Standard reopened at 436 Lake Avenue, the previous location of the Flower City Brewery. In 1956, as a result of competitive pressures, Standard Brewing entered into a merger with its local rival, Rochester Brewing Company. The consolidated firm was renamed the Standard-Rochester Brewing Company and continued in operation at Rochester's plant at 770 Emerson Street until the brewery ceased operation in 1970. CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY CMP traces its origins to November 7, 1899. On that date the founding partners, attorney Harvey Eaton and engineer Walter Wyman, bought a hydroelectric generator providing street lighting and service to about 100 customers in the village of Oakland, Maine. They soon began a long program of developing new hydro sites, expanding their service area through interconnection and acquisitions, and lowering prices as unit costs fell. They began using the name Central Maine Power in 1910. In 1999, CMP delivered more than 9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to over 540,000 Maine homes, businesses, schools, churches, and other users. As of December 31, 2008, CMP's delivery system comprised 2,536 miles of overhead transmission lines, 23,249 pole-miles of distribution line, 1,290 miles of underground or submarine cable, and 282 substations for routing energy and regulating voltage. Peak power demand on the CMP system in 2008 was 1,580 megawatts. The utility employs approximately 1,200 people. Central Maine Power Company (CMP) currently delivers over 9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity yearly to more than 600,000 retail electric customers in central and southern Maine. CMP's 11,000-square-mile service area is larger than the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It contains about 78 percent of Maine's population and major commercial and manufacturing centers.