A NEW visitor centre has been created to celebrate the salt heritage of Middlewich. The restoration of Murgatroyd s Brine Pump has finally been completed and plans are now underway to showcase the fascinating history of this unique site. The scheduled monument is the only intact pump over an original hand-dug shaft left in Britain. Emergency salvage work started in 2008 to preserve the crumbling monument and, thanks to £400,000 funding from various bodies, specialists and volunteers have saved the site which dates back to 1889. Lockdown struck just as the project neared completion so it has been a labour of love to finish the project during all the Covid restrictions.