Franek is the oldest oil shaft in the world, located in the village of Bóbrka,

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. It was dug in 1854 by hand by

Ignacy Łukasiewicz Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (; 8 March 1822 – 7 January 1882) was a Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He was one of the most prominent philanthropists in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, crown land ...

.Ignacy Łukasiewicz: the first kerosene lamp in the world
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