Melbourne based Walter Cooper Pty Ltd began construction of the concrete water tower in March 1928. The company had built the London Stores in Melbourne and the government made funds available at a low rate of interest to the Urban Trust to pay for the 3296 pound tower.
It was reported 550 tons of concrete and iron were used in the construction and that barrow loads of concrete were hauled up by a lifting drum attached to a petrol driven mixer.
In September 1928 the pump attached to the new water tower was tested and could fill the new 100,000 gallon tower in less than three hours. The new tower was ready for use in October.
The concrete tower is an uncommon surviving example of an industrial building type and is similar to towers at Tatura and Tongala.
It was officially opened in December by Mr. Henry Angus, M.L.A. Minister for Lands and Water Supply, in an open air ceremony at the pump station and reflected the growth in the town’s population to 4,000 by the mid-1920s.
That increase was due to the Soldier Settlement scheme being introduced after World War I.
Goulburn Valley Water recognises the contribution of Kyabram historian Eileen Sullivan in the collation of historical information regarding the history of the town’s water supply.