Lack of finance meant that it stopped short of its intended terminus, but it gradually grew to be successful financially.
Seibert sees it gradually growing, too, albeit in a different — and still-to-be-defined — form.
"We just did our daily work and it gradually grew bigger and bigger.
I started it 10 years ago and it gradually grew and I left journalism to one side.
Originally the site of men-only dormitories for black laborers, it gradually grew into distinct townships -- Langa, Ougulethu, Mitchell's Plain.
It gradually grew and by the time we were alongside the quay it loomed above us, a jagged, sheer-walled monolith of black-gray rock, crusty orange lichen and bright green grasses exploding upward out of the sea.
However, it gradually grew to 1 in 2013 and maintained the high level in 2014.
"The first election to the Mayor of London had a low turnout then it gradually grew as people realised the significance of the post," he said.
He said: "We started with a little stubby thing of about 12 storeys high, but then it gradually grew into what we know now.
In our case, only atresia ani was found and treated during childhood, while the presacral mass was not recognized until adulthood, when it gradually grew causing severe constipation.
