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'''Robb Engineering''' was a metals manufacturer that was located in [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]], Canada in the early 1900s.<ref>{{cite book | last = Forbes | first = Ernest R. | title = The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xImeCJxlR6kC&q=%22Robb+Engineering%22+Amherst&pg=PA173 | accessdate = 2008-04-04 | isbn = 9780802068170 | date = January 1993 }}</ref> Originally started as a tinsmithy, the factory eventually expanded to the manufacture of [[Boilerboiler]]s, electric engines and small [[Electrical generator|generator]] plants.<ref>{{cite book | last = Forbes | first = Ernest R. | title = The Maritime Rights Movement, 1919-1927 | year = 1979 | publisher = McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP | url= https://archive.org/details/maritimerightsmo0000forb | url-access = registration | page = [https://archive.org/details/maritimerightsmo0000forb/page/62 62] | isbn = 9780773503212 | quote = Robb Engineering Amherst. | accessdate = 2008-04-04 }}</ref> Some evidence exists that attempts were also made by the company to design and manufacture [[locomotive engine]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gearedsteam.com/other/other_opqr.htm|title = Other Geared Steam Locomotives - Page OPQR}}</ref> as well as a small venture into shipwork.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marmuseum.ca/MillsUpdateSept04.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410114735/http://www.marmuseum.ca/MillsUpdateSept04.html |archivedate=2008-04-10 }}</ref>

In 1964 Robb Engineering was acquired by the [[Dominion Bridge Company]]. Its assets were merged into Dominion's [[Canada Car and Foundry]] subsidiary. These corporate changes saw the workforce at Dominion Bridge Company's operations in Amherst undergo major changes following the dissolution of Robb Engineering.