Area less than one acre MPS Water Catchments MPS Opened 1920 | Built 1920 (1920) NRHP Reference # 94001310 Added to NRHP 14 November 1994 | |
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Similar Chamorro Village, Ritidian Point, Cocos Island, UnderWater World Guam | ||
The Cruz Water Catchment, also known historically as Finona's Water Catchment, is a historic private water supply structure in the United States territory of Guam. It is located south of Guam Highway 9 in the village of Potts Junction in the central northern part of the island. It is a circular concrete structure 3.74 metres (12.3 ft) in diameted, and is 2.55 metres (8.4 ft) in height, of which 0.87 metres (2.9 ft) is exposed above ground level. Its estimated capacity is just over 17,000 litres (4,500 US gal). It was built, according to local oral history, about 1920, and was used to capture rainfall from a nearby house that was destroyed by Typhoon Karen in 1962. The catchment was used to provide water to as many as seven local households, making possible year-round living in an area otherwise lacking fresh water.
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.