Area less than one acre MPS Water Catchments MPS Opened 1910 | Built 1910 (1910) NRHP Reference # 94001312 Added to NRHP 14 November 1994 | |
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Location 0.25 mi. S of GU 8 and 0.25 E of GU 10, Nalao, Barrigada, Guam Similar Chamorro Village, Cocos Island, UnderWater World Guam | ||
Guzman water catchment top 5 facts
The Guzman Water Catchment is a historic private water supply structure in the rural Nalao area of the village of Barrigada in the United States territory of Guam. It is a roughly rectangular structure, measuring 4.4 by 2.84 by 1.52 metres (14.4 ft × 9.3 ft × 5.0 ft), with an open top. It is fashioned out of locally gathered stone joined with lime-cement mortar. It was built in 1910 by Baldobino Charfauros on family-owned land, and is one of the oldest surviving rural catchment basins on the island. It is further distinguished from other catchment basins in that it has a substantial floor. These types of structures made it possible for Guamanian families to live on rural holdings where water access was otherwise a significant problem.
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.