Livermore Depot Park

On the site of its former railroad depot, the City of Livermore built this park. A Louisville and Nashville Railroad caboose stands to commemorate this history. The Owensboro and Russellville Railroad’s first section opened in 1870 connecting the Ohio River at Owensboro to the Green River at Livermore. Two years later a new Green River bridge allowed the line to be extended to Central City where it connected to The Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad. When the O&R experienced financial troubles, L&N purchased the railroad’s assets and completed the line through Russellville to end at Adairsville on the Tennessee line. At Russellville the O&R line connected to the L&N mainline. For many years business was brisk, but competition brought an end to passenger service in 1941 and eventually freight service in the late 1970’s. In Owensboro, the railroad right-of-way was used to create a new city thoroughfare, J. R. Miller Boulevard.