Complex sentence: At Weston Point, a new lock connected the cut to a basin, and tide gates connect the basin to the Mersey This cut was called the Weston Canal and was completed in 1810.
Split into simpler sentences: At Weston Point, a new lock connected the cut to a basin, and tide gates connect the basin to the Mersey. Hadfield and Biddle (1970), pp.135-136 This cut was called the Weston Canal and was completed in 1810.