Complex sentence: However, the shallow bank and mud flats of the south bank were ideal locations for industry and docks; and the south bank went on to develop as an industrial location in a patchwork of private ownership, with the riverside cut off from the public access.
Split into simpler sentences: However, the shallow bank and mud flats of the south bank were ideal locations for industry and docks. The south bank therefore developed as an industrial location in a patchwork of private ownership, with the riverside cut off from the public access.