Hacker's Creek / Jane Lew

Historical marker location:

6113 Main Street, Jane Lew, West Virginia

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 19) 0.1 miles north of High Street (County Route 8), on the left when traveling north.)

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.