Options

     After reading the following list of the options available, you may become confused as how to order the item your interested in. Here are some hints. If you want to install a switchable light in an exterior position, order the waterproof switch feature. If you want more illumination, order a longer glass globe. For instance, the 7” globe will allow up to 100-watt bulb use, (click on “Specifications” to see wattage ratings). If the light does not need a local switch, order the less expensive remote switch style. In short, think about how you would like to use the light to guide your order. These fixtures were originally designed for maximum parts interchangeability to allow for any style configuration. This flexibility made life much easier at the building and maintenance shipyards, (and easier for us to reconfigure if needed). For complete specifications on these lights, click on “Specifications”. Some of these lights and their spare parts were removed from the tugboat “Patrick J. McHugh”, prior to its’ deliberate sinking off the coast of New Jersey. The tug is now an artificial reef providing needed sanctuary for sea life. For a more comprehensive description about the history of this and other vessels, visit the Tugboat page. To determine the item and option prices, please visit our "How To Order" page.

Bulkhead (wall) Light Fixtures:

• All locally switched lights can be ordered with waterproof, or non-waterproof switches as desired. (Warning!!!! Non-waterproof switched lights are for indoor use in areas that have no explosive fumes present.) For the cost of this and other choices, click on the “How To Order” section.
• Most light fixtures have threaded ½ inch holes for wire anchors, or conduit pipes.
• The wall-mounting surface can be ordered with a centered ½ inch threaded hole for inside wall wire installation.
• One threaded ½ inch brass watertight cable gland, (wire anchor) is included with each light fixture. Any extra threaded holes will have polished brass plugs installed.
• Additional brass wire anchors are available if desired. (These are compression type anchors that are meant for use with correctly sized marine round wire cables only.)
• Extra polished brass plugs for unused threaded holes are available.
• All non-berth lights normally include a 6-inch clear glass globe and a 6-inch bronze guard. All berth (bunk) lights normally include a 4-inch white frosted glass globe and a brass light shade that can be rotated to reduce glare. Longer glass globes and longer bronze guards are available if desired. Longer globes allow the use of higher wattage lamps. (For the wattage-rating list, click on the “Specification” section.)
• The glass globes can also be ordered, as an option, with color tinting. (Ruby red, emerald green, amber yellow, and cobalt blue). Some nautically minded people have installed these as a pair flanking the their front door, (one red, one green). White frosted glass is available in several lengths for lights where glare is objectionable, such as lights used for reading.
• Cast bronze and cast iron junction boxes are available for buyers that want to run a circuit to more than one exterior light with a wall switch, and still have plenty of room for the extra wire connections. These boxes have two or more threaded access holes for multiple wire runs. (Threaded conduit pipes will be needed for this use, or correctly sized marine round cable with the brass anchors.)
• After complete refurbishment, the final step is to burnish the metal surface to an illumination catching golden glow, pleasing to the eye. If desired, the cast light housing, (not the bronze guards) can be smoothed and highly polished, as scheduling permits. (On vessels this was only done in VIP areas.)
• A metal surface-sealing coat of lacquer can be applied if desired. All bulkhead style lights can be mounted on a mahogany base and wired for table lamp use, if desired, (with non-waterproof, or waterproof switches as desired).
• A brass 4-inch by 1½ -inch engraved plate can be installed on the mahogany, with the tugboats’ name and years of service, or any other desired presentation script.

Overhead Light Fixtures:

• Most of the preceding information for the bulkhead lights also applies to this style of light fixture.
• The main exception is that this style of light is not suitable for modification to a table lamp, since the base is designed for overhead (ceiling) mounting, it just wouldn’t look right.
• Another exception is that most overhead light fixtures did not have local switches. (Non-waterproof, non-explosive environment local switches for these lights are available if desired.)
• All overhead light fixtures are mounted on a bronze junction box.

Glass Globes (Lens) Choices:

• 6-inch length
  • Clear
  • White Frosted
  • Ruby Red
  • Emerald Green
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Amber Yellow
• 7-inch length
  • Clear
  • White Frosted
  • Ruby Red
  • Emerald Green
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Amber Yellow

Portholes:

• There are only two options offered for the 10-inch and 16-inch portholes:
  • The first option is to install a round mirror over the glass lens. There are two prices listed in the “How to Order” page. These prices are determined on the condition of the porthole’s lens.
  • The second option is for a lacquered coating to be applied to the burnished metal surfaces, as a tarnish resistant sealer.
• Another way for the buyer to employ these portholes is to use the outside of the lens as a mounting place for pictures and photographs. Your local glass repair shop can install a 1/8-inch thick glass cover pane to encase the picture.
• Warning!!! These portholes are quite heavy and require the use of sufficiently sized screws that must be screwed into your wall frame studs, or other wood surfaces that can bear these weighty items.
• Warning!!! In the home or office, these portholes must be mounted with the lens hinge to the left or right side, not on top, as normally mounted on vessels. A dropped solid brass swing plate with its lens will break your head or fingers, guaranteed!

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