Samuel Morey

Historical marker location:

Fairlee, Vermont

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.1 miles north of School Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1949

Pioneer Inventor of Steam and Gas Engines lived here.

Vermont was the site of the first long-distance electric transmission: In 1892, the city of Burlington, Vermont became the site of the first long-distance electric transmission in the United States. The transmission allowed for electricity to be transported over a distance of 14 miles.