Kenefick Park

Kenefick Park
Kenefick Park as seen from I-80.
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TypeMunicipal (Omaha)
LocationSouth Omaha
Area78 acres (320,000 m2)
Created1891
StatusOpen all year

Kenefick Park is a public park at 100 Bancroft Street in South Omaha, Nebraska,[1] named for John Kenefick, a former chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Railroad.[2]

It is located at the southwest point of the Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's botanical gardens, just north of Interstate 80, and just west of the Missouri River and the Iowa state border. On static display in the park are examples of two of Union Pacific's most powerful locomotives: EMD DDA40X No. 6900, the first of the class, and Big Boy No. 4023.[3]

In 2004, Kenefick Park was moved from Abbott Drive north of downtown to make way for CenturyLink Center Omaha, an arena and convention center.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Union Pacific Announces Location of New Kenefick Park". Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 9/24/07.
  2. ^ "New Kenefick Park Dedicated at Lauritzen Gardens" Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 9/24/07.
  3. ^ "Union Pacific Big Boy 4023 & Centennial 6900" (PDF). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. June 7, 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

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