Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

804 Fairmont Ave, Fairmont, West Virginia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Fairmont Avenue (U.S. 250) and 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on Fairmont Avenue.)

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.