Nine-ton tree from Ridgefield en route to NYC's Rockefeller Center

An evergreen tree from southwestern Connecticut will soon be standing very tall in New York City?s Rockefeller Center. Lumberjacks cut down the 88-foot tall Norway spruce Thursday at a home on Peaceable

News 12 Staff

Nov 9, 2006, 6:20 PM

Updated 6,512 days ago

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An evergreen tree from southwestern Connecticut will soon be standing very tall in New York City?s Rockefeller Center.
Lumberjacks cut down the 88-foot tall Norway spruce Thursday at a home on Peaceable Hill Road in Ridgefield. A trailer will now carry the nine-ton tree the city, where it will be erected and decorated to usher in the holiday season.
The lighting at Rockefeller Center is scheduled for Wednesday, November 29.