Complex sentence: The provision of locks to overcome differences in canal elevation had caused considerable difficulties to the builders of the Coalisland Canal therefore, Dukart planned to use three gravitional inclines originally designed with wooden ramps and rollers as an alternative.
Split into simpler sentences: The provision of locks to overcome differences in canal elevation had caused considerable difficulties to the builders of the Coalisland Canal. Therefore, Dukart planned to use three gravitional inclines originally designed with wooden ramps and rollers as an alternative.