Logistical Advantages of Kansas City
- Highest volume of rail traffic in the United States in terms of tonnage
- Third largest trucking center in the United States
- Largest free trade zone in the (more than 10,000 acres (40 km²)
- Largest underground warehouse space in the world
- Largest air cargo facility
- Largest navigable inland waterway
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“Kansas City is lost; I am here!”
—A. Edward Sullivan. Professor Quail (W.C. Fields)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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