South Maitland

South Maitland, Nova Scotia

Truro Subdivision, the Midland Line, Mile 40.27

• Next Station East: Green Oaks
• Next Station West: Burtons

Facilities & Features

• South Maitland Station
• South Maitland Water Tower
• South Maitland Bridge
• 1316 foot passing siding

Description & History

This village on the Shubenacadie River was once a major shipbuilding and timber community as well as home to gypsum quarries. It became an important stop on the Midland Line with substancial station, water tower and most notably, the large swing bridge over the Shubenacadie River. In 2006 the Fundy Tidal Interpretation Centre opened at South Maitland beside the old DAR roadbed. The centre includes a caboose with retro DAR lettering and a hiking trail that leads to a lookoff on one of the piers of the DAR's old South Maitland Bridge.

Gallery

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  No. 29 "Brooklyn" at South Maitland Station.

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  Train No. 22 near South Maitland on August 1, 1958

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  South Maitland Station taken from rear of Train No. 22 on August 1, 1958.

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  The South Maitland Bridge under construction, circa 1900.

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  A truss span arrives at the South Maitland Bridge, circa 1900.

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  A truss span moves into place at the South Maitland Bridge, circa 1900.

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  South Maitland Bridge over the Schubenacadie River near South Maitland on August 1, 1958.

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  South Maitland Bridge over the Schubenacadie River, near South Maitland from the rear of Train No. 22 on August 1, 1958.

References & Footnotes

• 1969 Memorandum of General Information, page 22

External Links

Tidal Interpretive Centre at South Maitland