Bethany / Bethany College

Historical marker location:

Bethany, West Virginia

( Marker is on Main Street (West Virginia Route 67) 0.2 miles east of West Virginia Route 88, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1995

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.