William Yorath Lewis

occupation:
Designer, Draughtsman, Engineer
Nationality:
British

Most famous for his partnership with Benjamin Ratcliffe Adkins, which resulted in the invention of the Adkins-Lewis System of Continuous Rapid Transportation. This system received its greatest recognition when it was adapted in the 1920’s and repackaged as the “Never-Stop” Railway, which ran at the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley Park in 1924 and 1925.