Continental Clay Brick Works

Historical marker location:

1508 Charles Town Road, Martinsburg, West Virginia

( Marker is on Charles Town Road (West Virginia Route 9) east of Variform Drive (County Route 9/14). Reported unreadable.)

West Virginia 9. Charles Town to Martinsburg.

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in West Virginia in 1912. The law set a minimum wage of $0.16 per hour for women and children working in certain industries.