RAILWAY WATER TOWER

The water tower at Sunbury was constructed in 1861 on the Melbourne-Bendigo line by J Bett for the Victorian Railways. It is a standard 20,000-gallon, riveted iron rectangular tank, surmounting an arcaded brick base. The base features a basalt plinth, sills, impost moulding and stringcourse. The arched window openings have been bricked up. The Water Tower is located adjacent to the Sunbury Railway Station (an Edwardian building constructed in 1910), and is no longer in use.

The water tower at Sunbury Railway Station, Brook Street, Sunbury is historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria.

The water tower at Sunbury is architecturally significant as a representative and substantially intact example of a water supply installation. 

The water tower at Sunbury is historically significant for its association with the steam era, being an example of a water tower constructed during the late 19th century to facilitate the operation of steam engines. The water tower is also significant, being constructed as part of the 'main trunk lines', Victoria's first railway lines. This period of construction, c1857- c1869, were the formative years of railway development in Victoria.