Cohen Building

Historical marker location:

50 W Main St, Grafton, West Virginia

( Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 119) just west of St. John Street, on the right when traveling east.)

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.