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The Ole Miss Power House was located on the campus of the Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi. The original building was constructed in 1908 as a central power plant for the entire campus.WEB, Mejia, Paula., Power Plant Where Faulkner Wrote 'As I Lay Dying' Will Cease to Exist, 28 November 2015,weblink Newsweek, 10 January 2016, WEB, Ole Miss to demolish power plant where Faulkner wrote 'As I Lay Dying', 28 November 2015,weblink Associated Press, 10 January 2016, Author William Faulkner was employed by the Ole Miss in the Power House through the winter of 1929 as a night supervisor.Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography. New York, NY: Random House, 1974, Vol 1., p. 631 At that time, the plant would supply power during the night for both the Ole Miss and the town of Oxford, Mississippi. The low power demand during the evening and the redundancy of the supervisory position offered Faulkner time to write, which he did using the back of a wheelbarrow. The resulting work was published in 1930 as (As I Lay Dying]].Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography. New York, NY: Random House, 1974, Vol 1., p. 633-635 The Ole Miss Power House was demolished by the University in the spring of 2016. Ole Miss) plans to construct a commemorative space near the same location using a $5 million donation from the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation.WEB, Sawyze, Royce., Ford Foundation to give $25M to Ole Miss,weblink Clarion Ledger, 10 January 2016,

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