Located on the basement level of the building, these were the columns supporting the main floor beams.

In what will become the kitchen, there was a major leak that rotted floor beams.

In the hallway, the original floor beams are still present, possibly dating back to the 16th century.

As a result of deterioration over the years, the bridge was closed in 1981 because the floor beams were rusted.

Thus the small holes found in some floor beams were of less concern because the bridge was so close to reconstruction.

The work has been so extensive that residents have sometimes had to walk over exposed floor beams to get to their rooms, she said.

A worker examined the floor beam, for example, with a mirror only a little bigger than the one a dentist might use.

Only the first floor beams and basement remain from this era.

There was a floor beam actually hanging down at eye level.

He lashed the lower end to a floor beam.