High-Level / Million Dollar Robert H. Mollohan Bridge

Historical marker location:

Fairmont, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Merchant Street (West Virginia Route 73) and Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on Merchant Street.)

Marker installed: 2004

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in West Virginia in 1912. The law set a minimum wage of $0.16 per hour for women and children working in certain industries.