History of the gas industry

Time lines

Pivotal events in the history of the gas industry in Poland and Europe. Traditional gas production and the beginnings of natural gas extraction. Biographies of those who supplied our towns and homes with gas.

History of the gas industry

1684-1998

History of the gas industry

Biographies

Zygmunt Lewakowski
Zygmunt Lewakowski - he was a Polish economist, Minister of the Treasury, described as a billionaire, a man whose bold visions were ahead of the era in which he lived.
Edmund Łoziński
A powerful gas explosion attracted the attention of the whole of Galicia and brought Łoziński a fortune. This is a story of how an art enthusiast became a brilliant entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Franciszek Rychnowski
Who was Iks von Chyr, whose inventions conquered the Paris World's Fair in 1878, bringing him recognition and medals at the fair?
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Articles

Gasworks in Toruń, 1914
History of the Toruń Gasworks
View of the Bydgoszcz Gasworks from the River Brda
History of the Bydgoszcz Gasworks
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Interviews

Podcast: Advertising the first household gas appliances
A postcard from half a century ago – the operation of a traditional gasworks
Warsaw’s street gas lamps
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