The Grist Mill at Wayne

Historical marker location:

Wayne, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Central Avenue (West Virginia Route 152) and Mose Asbury Road, on the left when traveling south on Central Avenue.)

1828.

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.