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Five-and-Dimer t1_j4sudxs wrote

Reply to comment by HammerDownRein in TIL about SubTropolis, a giant former limestone mine under Kansas City that was converted into the world’s largest underground business complex. The 1,100-acre complex is accessed through tunnels, and as of 2015, 1,600 people worked there. by corn_dog_22

His autopsy stuff and God knows what else are in the National Archives, which is in an abandoned limestone mine at 97th and Ridgeview. This area around KC has lots of old limestone mines.

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HammerDownRein t1_j4sull4 wrote

Yep, that’s the Meritex caves. Lenexa does a 4th of July night bike ride from Old Town down into the caves and back. Supposed to be really cool.

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Five-and-Dimer t1_j4t9ip7 wrote

I grew up in Lenexa in the 60s and 70s. Mostly farms and open spaces.

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