Complex sentence: In 1856, a man named Chauncey Thomas constructed a bridge between the two communities, although was poorly put together, collapsing in 1859, when the whole structure fell apart in a windstorm.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1856, a man named Chauncey Thomas constructed a bridge between the two communities. The structure was poorly designed, with it collapsing in 1859, when the whole structure fell apart in a windstorm.