Ka taƙaita labarin:  Waɗannan su ne asirin da aka ɓoye fiye da shekaru 100 ta hanyar tafkin mai nisan mil mil a waje da Seattle, Washington. Tafkin Tapps, wanda aka cika shi da ruwa a shekara ta 1911 don samar da wutar lantarki, ya haɗiye kilomita huɗu da rabi na karkara, har da tsohuwar hanyar jirgin ƙasa da ɓangarori na gandun daji. Hotunan, wanda Seattle Post-Intelligencer ya dauka a makon da ya gabata, ya kuma nuna abubuwan da aka watsar da su wadanda aka rasa a cikin tafkin, wanda yanzu ake amfani da shi don nishaɗi. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. An bayyana: Wannan tsohuwar katako na katako na katako an bayyana shi ta hanyar aiki a tafkin Tapps, kusa da Seattle, Washington. An kwashe: Hukumomin yankin sun fara kwashe ruwan tafkin don a gyara madatsar ruwa da ke kusa da wurin. A yanayi na yau da kullum gidajen da ke sama suna fitowa a kan ruwa. Hukumomi a yankin Seattle sun kwashe tafkin a wannan hunturu don rage matsin lamba a kan madatsar ruwa da ke kusa, wanda ya sami fashewa. Tafkin ya fara ne lokacin da kamfanin samar da makamashi na Puget Sound ya cika yankin da ruwa don samar da wutar lantarki. Ya daina samar da wutar lantarki a shekara ta 2009 kuma an yi amfani dashi don kamun kifi, jirgin ruwa da sauran ayyukan ruwa tun daga lokacin. A yanzu an kammala aikin gyaran, in ji jaridar Bonney Lake Courier-Herald, kuma ana sake cika tafkin. Ana sa ran kammala aikin a karshen watan Mayu. An watsar da su: An kuma gano wasu kayayyaki, da abubuwa kamar wannan CD, ta hanyar aikin zubar da tafkin. Dajin karkashin ruwa: Wadannan itatuwan bishiyoyi sun kasance a karkashin ruwa na shekaru 104 tun lokacin da aka ambaliya yankin. Sabon amfani: Tafkin bai samar da wutar lantarki ba tun shekara ta 2009, kuma yanzu don nishaɗi ne kawai. A al'ada: Hoton da ke sama shi ne Lake Tapps kamar yadda ya dubi kafin aikin draining.
Lake Tapps, kusa da Seattle, kamfanin lantarki ne ya kirkireshi a 1911. An nutsar da murabba 'in kilomita huɗu da rabi don samar da wutar lantarki. Hukumomi kwanan nan sun zubar da tafkin don gyara dam, yana bayyana tafkin tafkin.