Shepherdstown

Historical marker location:

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

( Marker is on North Duke Street / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 480), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1975

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.