Daytona Speedway

https://peaketechnologies.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Belden_Daytona.pdf

LIGO

• https://labcit.ligo.caltech.edu/LIGO_web/docs/asbuilts_llo.html#Civil
• https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-D960829/public
• https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0018/D960829/000/D960829-00.pdf
• https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0072/P000006/000/P000006-A.pdf
• Blue Marble Science Video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHMjH4ulig

London Train Tunnel

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how-crossrail-was-affected-by-the-curvature-of-the-earth-24285/

https://learninglegacy.crossrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12F-001-Building-a-virtual-version-of-Londons-Elizabeth-line.pdf

Boldrewood Towing Tank

The curve of the earth had to be taken into account for the construction.

Link: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/The-Boldrewood-Towing-Tank.pdf

David W. Taylor Model Basin

Rail Straightness Metrology at the David W. Taylor Model Basin

“Thus the top surface of the rails is designed to be level rather than flat and the ideal line is an arc of a circle with a radius equal to the radius of the Earth.”