Complex sentence: This steam was transmitted to the rear of the ship where the engines drove the paddle wheel by means of a bulkhead, after which the steam would be condensed back to a fluid state and returned to the boiler by the jet condenser.
Split into simpler sentences: This steam was transmitted to the rear of the ship, where the engines drove the paddle wheel, by means of a bulkhead. After which the steam would be condensed back to a fluid state and returned to the boiler by the jet condenser.