EASTON, Conn., Nov. 11, 2009
Rockefeller Center Tree from Conn.
76-Foot Norway Spruce will Adorn New York City Landmark
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Last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Crews planned to cut down the 10-ton tree Wednesday morning at the Easton home of schoolteacher Maria Corti.
The spruce will be hoisted by a crane onto a trailer and transported about 50 miles to New York City. The tree will be put into place at the center Thursday.
Last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was a 72-foot-tall Norway spruce from Hamilton, N.J. The owners had used it as their first Christmas tree in 1931.
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