Rumanian Oil industry -Circa 1930's - A rare photograph of a hand-dug petroleum bore-hole in Rumania, encased in wood and secured with guy ropes(Romania was the largest European producer of oil in World War II. Later in 1943 installations were bombed by the USA in 'Operation Tidal Wave'

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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