1854
Bóbrka Oil Well
Helps establish one of the world's earliest modern oil wells.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bobrka in Poland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Helps establish one of the world's earliest modern oil wells.
Begins organized petroleum extraction supporting a new regional industry.
Provenance
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