Utilities

Labeled cutaway illustration of a power line and pipeline crossing from a canyon rim plateau down into tribal land, with a dotted jurisdiction line marking where federal land becomes reservation land

Infrastructure That Crosses Grand Canyon's Tribal-NPS Lines

The power line, fiber route, and planned water pipeline that cross from federal or tribal land onto Havasupai and Hualapai land to serve those communities.

Labeled cutaway illustration of Grand Canyon Village's 1926 stone powerhouse with an underground cable running to the village and a small hydroelectric plant beside a North Rim spring feeding a pump house above it

Power and Electrical Infrastructure Throughout the Grand Canyon

From a 1926 railroad powerhouse to a 2024 substation upgrade, how the South Rim, North Rim, and inner canyon actually get electricity.

Editorial illustration of ordinary and surveillance-style equipment mounted on a Pueblo utility pole

The Mystery Boxes on Pueblo's Utility Poles

I photographed unexplained boxes on Pueblo utility poles, asked Black Hills Energy what they were, and later found commercial covert cameras built to look exactly like transformers and electrical equipment.