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

Kenefick Park is a municipal 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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