Complex sentence: Vanport was a public housing project located in Multnomah County, Oregon between the contemporary Portland city boundary and the Columbia River, constructed in 1943 to house the workers at the wartime shipyards in Portland and Vancouver, Washington.
Split into simpler sentences: Vanport was a district of public housing located in Multnomah County, Oregon between the contemporary Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. It was constructed in 1943 to house the workers at the wartime shipyards in Portland and Vancouver, Washington.