- Kenefick Park
Infobox park
park=Kenefick Park
image size= 200px
caption=Big Boy #4023 in Kenefick Park.
type=Municipal (Omaha)
location=South Omaha
coordinates=
size=78 acres
opened=1891
operator=
annual visitors=
status=Open all yearKenefick Park is located at 100 Bancroft Street in
South Omaha ,Nebraska . [http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/railroad/2004/0923_kenefickpark.shtml "Union Pacific Announces Location of New Kenefick Park"] . Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 9/24/07.] Located next to theLauritzen Gardens , Omaha'sbotanical garden s, the park features "two of the greatest locomotives ever to powerUnion Pacific Railroad ." [ [http://www.omahabotanicalgardens.org/About_the_Garden/Kenefick_Park/index.asp#_1 "Kenefick Park at Lauritzen Gardens"] . Lauritzen Gardens. Retrieved 9/24/07.]About
Sitting at the southwest point of the
Lauritzen Gardens property along Interstate 80, the park welcomes motorists to Nebraska. It features a display ofUnion Pacific Big Boy #4023 andUnion Pacific Centennial #6900locomotive s.Kenefick Park was relocated in
2004 from Abbott Drive north of downtown to its current location in order to accommodate theQwest Center . It is named in honor of former UP Chairman and CEOJohn Kenefick . [ [http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2005/1015_kenefick.shtml "New Kenefick Park Dedicated at Lauritzen Gardens"] Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 9/24/07.]ee also
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Parks in Omaha References
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