The Block

Historical marker location:

1010 Washington Street East, Charleston, West Virginia

( Marker is on Shrewsbury Street north of Washington Street East (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2013

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.