Triadelphia

Historical marker location:

Triadelphia, West Virginia

( Marker is on National Road (U.S. 40) east of Chapel Mill Road (Local Route 8), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1979

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.