Joseph Rank
(1854-1943)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
The west elevation of this building incorporates part of Joseph Rank's mill (1891) designed by Alfred Gelder. Clarence Mill was important in the industrialisation of flour milling, bringing together steam power, large scale mechanisation and import of grain by water transport.
Clarence Mill, Hull, United Kingdom where they worked (1891)
In a cottage near his grandfathers mill was born Joseph Rank 1854-1943 founder of the milling firm of Joseph Rank Ltd
The windmill on Holderness Road, Hull, United Kingdom where they was