West Virginia and Appalachia? -

Can someone help me with this..serious answer only please..What was the impact of the industrial Revolution of the state of West Virginia especially transportation? and How did geography of this state determine the forms of transportation that evolved?

The railroads went where they had to in order to mine the coal. Geography determined where the lines went, like along the New River Gorge and along the banks of the Ohio. West Virginia had no other use to the rest of the USA than as a source of coal for most of its existence.