All Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

103 Grandview Ave, Elkins, West Virginia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Railroad Avenue (U.S. 250) and Harrison Avenue (West Virginia Route 92), on the right when traveling south on Railroad 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.