Transition Of The Smyrna Nissan Plant
At left, Governor Lamar Alexander is escorted by state troopers to a Datsun pickup truck used in the groundbreaking ceremony for a $300 million Datsun plant in Smyrna on Feb. 4, 1981. Union members booed and jeered during the ceremony because Nissan Motors, the manufacturer of Datsun, has contracts with automakers in the South. Source: www.tennessean.com