Spanish Dikes

	Spanish Dikes
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Northeast of Agana Springs, Hagåtña
Nearest city	Agana, Guam
Coordinates	13°27′48″N 144°45′57″E / 13.46333°N 144.76583°E
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74002303
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1974

The Spanish Dikes, located northeast of Agana Springs, Hagåtña, Guam, are historic 19th-century water control structures that were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

There are two sections of dikes in a swampy region outside Hagåtña. Both sections are constructed of mortared limestone, with buttresses for support, and openings at the top that act as sluiceways where water flow could be controlled. One section is about 70 metres (230 ft) long, varying in thickness from 0.3 to 1 metre (0.98 to 3.28 ft), while the other is 22.5 metres (74 ft) long. The construction dates of these dikes is unknown, but similar structures were likely to exist in the area in the 1830s, and in the 1870s the area was being used for cultivation of rice by Filipino penal labor in an effort to solve the island's long-standing issues with insufficient food production.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Guam Inventory Team, Bernice P. Bishop Museum (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spanish Dikes". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1974

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Guam Inventory Team, Bernice P. Bishop Museum (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spanish Dikes". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1974

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v t e Hagåtña, Guam
Government	Adelup Point (Governor's Complex) District Court Guam Congress Building Supreme Court
Education	Academy of Our Lady of Guam Guam Museum Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library Pacific War Museum
Paseo de Susana	Chief Quipuha Park Paseo Stadium
Other landmarks	Agana Shopping Center Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica Hagåtña River Latte Stone Park
Other NRHP listings	Agana Historic District Agana Spanish Bridge Agana-Hagatna Pillbox Fort Santa Agueda Guam Institute Mesa House Plaza de España Spanish Dikes Toves House
This list is incomplete.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Hagåtña, Guam
Districts	Agana Historic District War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Other properties	Agana Spanish Bridge Agana-Hagatna Pillbox Agana/Hagatna Cliffline Fortifications Ayulang Pillbox Fort Santa Agueda Guam Congress Building Guam Institute Guam Legislative Building Site † Mesa House Plaza de España Spanish Dikes Toves House U.S. Naval Cemetery Ungacta House †
Footnotes	† This entry has been removed from the registry.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hagåtña, Guam

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