The Titanic Pumphouse is to be redeveloped into a whiskey distillery and visitor centre under plans laid out by the investors behind one of Belfast’s newest whiskey producers.
Titanic Distillers, which is owned by venture capital firm Norlin Ventures and lottery winner Peter Lavery, is investing £7.6 million to transform the historic building which was used to pump water from the adjacent dry docks at what was part of the Harland and Wolff estate. It will create 41 jobs by the end of 2024, adding an additional £1 million in salaries annually to the local economy.
The move will see three large stills installed on a mezzanine floor of the building, but all of the original pumping equipment and historic features will be retained.
