Complex sentence: The CLELCo expanded its site on Bankside to provided for new generating equipment; from the mid- 1890s until the late-1930s the company purchased and acquired surrounding properties and land.
Split into simpler sentences: The CLELCo expanded its site on Bankside to provided for new generating equipment. From the mid- 1890s until the late-1930s the company purchased and acquired surrounding properties and land.