Historical Marker
NASA
Historical marker location:
100 University Dr, Fairmont, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Nasa Boulevard and Galiher Drive, on the right when traveling south on Nasa Boulevard.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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.