Vivian Lewis Limited: Cars and motorycles from the Lewis Cycle and Motor Works, Adelaide, South Australia

The Lewis Project

Vivian Lewis established a bicycle business in Adelaide, South Australia in 1892. As the motor age dawned in the late 1890s Lewis embraced motor cars and motor cycles with enthusiasm. Vivian Lewis Limited went on to produced a large number of motorcycles - by Australian standards at least - before production ceased in the mid 1920s. On this web site, we try to capture some of the vibrancy of the motor age at the Lewis Cycle and Motor Works.

The Lewis Album
Selected Lewis photographs

Lewis article index

An in-depth look at some of the photographs:

A thoroughly modern Imperial Rover
A tour of the Dark Satanic Mill
The 1899 Lewis motor triplet
A tour of the White Garage
Motorcycles in the white garage
The Opening Run 1903
Motorcycles in the early workshop
Creative marketing, 1905 style
Cars at the Lewis Works 1905

General Lewis articles:

Mayhem on the mail run, 1908
Mlle Serpolette's tricycle

Other Lewis material:

Lewis shops, factories, branches and agencies
Lewis histories
Lewis people
Lewis ephemera

Lewis motorcycles
Lewis cars
Lewis stationary engines
Lewis cycles
Lewis wheel chairs

What's new at the Lewis Project?
How can I help the Lewis Project?
Lewis Bibliography
Acknowledgments

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