Valley View / Tackley Farm

Historical marker location:

7559 Charles Town Rd, Kearneysville, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Route 9 Bike Path and Charles Town Road (West Virginia Route 115), on the left when traveling north on Route 9 Bike Path.)

West Virginia 9. Charles Town to Martinsburg.

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.