Hugh E. McConkey

Historical marker location:

786 N Front St, Wheeling, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of North Front Street and North Huron Street, on the right when traveling west on North Front Street.)

(Mack). 1882 - 1939.

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.