Complex sentence: Battery potter required a huge amount of machinery to operate the gun lifts including boilers, steam pressure pumps and two accumulators, due to the inability to generate steam quickly potters boilers were run nonstop during its 14 year life adding to it's significant cost.
Split into simpler sentences: Battery Potter required a huge amount of machinery to operate the gun lifts, including boilers, steam pressure pumps and two accumulators. Due to the inability to generate steam quickly, Potter's boilers were run nonstop during its 14 year life, adding to it's significant cost.