'''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&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22Robb+Engineering%22+Amherst&source=web&ots=QFitjV0AUk&sig=8Sh2-HdjgwqGia-t-1B-hsFhZ_k&hl=en | accessdate = 2008-04-04 }}</ref> Originally started as a tinsmithy, the factory eventually expanded to the manufacture of [[Boiler]]s, electric engines and small [[Electrical generator|generator]] plants.<ref>{{cite book | last = Forbes | first = Ernest R. | title = The Maritime Rights Movement, 1919-1927 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VRQF0ws5Ps8C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=%22Robb+Engineering%22+Amherst&source=web&ots=4HXvzEjXl2&sig=vmRQZbfPfSsxHTAp5f5XdrQSbQU&hl=en | accessdate = 2008-04-04 }}</ref> Some evidence exists that attempts were also made by the company to design and manufacture [[locomotive engine]]s<ref>http://www.gearedsteam.com/other/other_opqr.htm</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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410114735/http://www.marmuseum.ca/MillsUpdateSept04.html |archivedate=2008-04-10 |df= }}</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.
