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Fleming Point is a rocky promontory in the U.S. state of California. The rocky promontory is part of a band of rock, that geologist call the Novato Terrane. Which has been formed through titanic clashes of plates that have pulled the rock upwards. It is situated in Albany, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Albany Bulb is an extension of the point, having been formed in the 1960s from construction debris.

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Fleming Point is named after John T. Fleming who lived in the area in 1853, having bought the land from Jose Domingo Peralta. However, prior to foreign settlement this area was occupied by Native Americans who harvested and hunted shellfish. In the 19th century, it was the site of the Giant Powder Company and Judson Dynamite and Powder Company.

Also during the late 1930s it was used as a horse track. It is now one of the last remaining components of the Bays original shoreline

By the first decade of the 20th century, it was used by residents of Berkeley as a garbage dump, one of the reasons the City of Albany decided to incorporate in 1908. As a result, efforts to protect the waterfront became critical in founding the city of Albany.