John Brown Scaffold

Historical marker location:

Charles Town, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of S. Samuel Street and Hunter Street, on the left when traveling south on S. Samuel Street.)

Marker installed: 1932

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.