{{Short description|Dam in Guam}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Fonte River Dam | nrhp_type = | image = Fonte Dam located near Nimitz Hill on Guam.jpg | caption = Drone image of Fonte Dam. | location = Fonte River, immediately southwest of Nimitz Hill Overlook Park, near Libugon, Guam | coordinates = {{coord|13|27|31|N|144|43|43|E|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Guam | built = 1910 | architecture = 20th century dam and irrigation | added = February 25, 2014 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 14000035<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Fonte River Dam''' is a historic dam on the Fonte River on the island of Guam. It is located in the upper third of the river's main valley, which is located between Nimitz Hill Annex and Agana Heights, and lies below and west of the Libugon scenic overlook on Nimitz Hill. The dam, built in 1910, was part of the first organized effort by the United States Navy to provide a reliable water supply to the island's major settlement, Hagåtña (formerly Agana). It is a concrete structure {{convert|150|ft|m}} long, {{convert|24|ft|m}} high, and has a {{convert|17|ft|m}} base. It is almost completely obscured by jungle overgrowth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicguam.org/PDF/fonte-river-dam.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Fonte River Dam|publisher=Government of Guam|accessdate=November 11, 2018|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029055114/http://historicguam.org/PDF/fonte-river-dam.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.<ref name="nris"/>
==See also== {{commonscat|Fonte River Dam}} *National Register of Historic Places in Guam
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Asan-Maina, Guam}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Asan-Maina, Guam}}
Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Guam Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1910 Category:Dams on the National Register of Historic Places Category:Dams in Guam Category:Dams completed in 1910 Category:1910 establishments in Guam Category:Asan-Maina, Guam
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