Brooks Hall

Historical marker location:

98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Beechurst Avenue (U.S. 19) north of Hough Street, on the right when traveling north.)

West Virginia University.

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.