Published: 11/30/2020 8:51:14 PM
Modified: 11/30/2020 9:04:44 PM
A 54-foot balsam fir was lifted into a five-foot-deep hole on the Dartmouth green in Hanover on Monday. The Christmas tree was cut from the Keyes-Cadwallader Tree Farm in Wallingford, Vt.
First photo: Dartmouth College tree worker Scott Melendy, left, and campus arborist Brian Beaty install lifting slings on the fir tree.
Second photo: Crane operator Rick Hutchins lowers the tree.