Complex sentence: An 1836 report noted that coal had never been carried from Saint Etienne to Lyon using the canal, because it would first have to be carried by land for, then for by the canal, and then up the Rhone for.
Split into simpler sentences: An 1836 report noted that coal had never been carried directly from Saint Etienne to Lyon using the canal. It would first have to be carried by land for, then for by the canal, and then up the Rhone for.