Guzman Water Catchment | |
Location: | 0.25 mi. S of GU 8 and 0.25 E of GU 10, Nalao, Barrigada, Guam |
Coordinates: | 13.4681°N 144.8061°W |
Builder: | Baldobino Charfauros |
Added: | November 14, 1994 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 94001312 |
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 4.4x, 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.[1]
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.