Daniel Frost

Historical marker location:

220 Riverfront Park, Ravenswood, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Ravenswood Road (Route 68) and Lock House Road, on the right when traveling south on Ravenswood Road.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.