Barbour County / Taylor County

Historical marker location:

Astor, West Virginia

( Marker is on Galloway Road (West Virginia Route 76) south of Barbour Corners, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1964

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.