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What IS That? Castoff on 90

Cliff Drive Reservoir in Kessler Park, K.C. has been abandoned since the 1930's.
Photo by Dan Verbeck/KCUR.(click to enlarge)
Cliff Drive Reservoir in Kessler Park, K.C. has been abandoned since the 1930's.

By Dan Verbeck

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-980912.mp3

Kansas City, MO. – If you have a curious nature, those moments happen, when you pass by something around Kansas City that's out-of-the-ordinary. You know the sensation. You see a structure or thing or place and you can only say to yourself, "What is that?" KCUR's Dan Verbeck chanced upon one of those and has some background of one of the city's larger 'white elephants.'

Hear other stories and suggest ideas for the What is That? series on the KC Currents page.

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