Kanawha County / Putnam County

Historical marker location:

328 Cross Lanes Dr, Cross Lanes, West Virginia

( Marker is on Cross Lanes Drive (West Virginia Route 62) just north of Melton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1974

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.