Charles Washington Hall

Historical marker location:

100 West Washington Street, Charles Town, West Virginia

( Marker is on North George Street (West Virginia Route 115) just north of West Washington Street (West Virginia Route 51), on the right when traveling south.)

circa 1874. City of Charles Town, 1786.

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.