THEY might be 140 years old but the bells in Sydney's oldest clocktower still have some lungs on them.
The Sydney Town Hall carillon stopped chiming in March last year, after it was cocooned in cloth ahead of restorative work.
But on Tuesday, after more than 530 days sitting in silence, its time-markers tolled once more.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said stonemasons used centuries-old techniques to chisel and carve about 26 cubic metres of sandstone to replace damaged pieces of the historic clocktower.
"I climbed the scaffolding with the team to see their expert craft-work up close - it will be terrific to see it revealed once more, the bells ringing again and beautifully restored for generations to come," she said in a statement.
The town hall and clocktower were built between 1869 and 1889 from Pyrmont sandstone.
While the same stone has been used, slight colour differences can be seen between the old and the new.
The restoration included steel reinforcements to brace the structure against earthquakes and the removal of asbestos.
The bells will be muted again to allow workers to remove the remaining scaffolding, with the job expected to be finished next month.
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