Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion

Historical marker location:

Whitesville, West Virginia

( Marker is on Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) just west of Bridge Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

A Synopsis of Key Events. April 5, to April 13, 2010.

The first electric railroad in the world was built in West Virginia in 1888. The line ran between Huntington and Guyandotte and was powered by electricity generated from a hydroelectric plant on the Ohio River.