Complex sentence: His original premises were in Tabley Street near the Liverpool & Manchester Railway's workshops, with the prospect of supplying locomotives to that line, but opposition from the L&M Engineer, George Stephenson, thwarted this.
Split into simpler sentences: His original premises were in Tabley Street near the Liverpool and Manchester Railway's workshops. He hoped to supply locomotives to that line, but opposition from the L&M Engineer, George Stephenson, thwarted this.