I was told this had something to do with a place to pick up drugs, has anyone else heard of this practice?

Yes, in most cities it's where to buy the crack. Course we never had such blatent signs around here before. Check out constant activity and give a heads up to TPD>

Sweet! A new place to by some H!

yes, this has been seen around t town before. and near my house they have been gone for a while. but reports to police of suspected drug activity went no where. (cars coming and going, not staying long, right by shoes over the wire.)

I'd say its drugs. contact police.

Durgs on Benham Street, who knew?

Someone needs to call CL&P

I would call CL&P if you really have a problem with it, not the police... I lived in Brooklyn for a while and yes it is true that shoes on the wire cannn mark a drug spot (like in 1990), but more than often it's just kids messing around, 'marking their territory'.
If you think there is drug activity going on near you and you have a problem with it, maybe confront your 'suspect' in a friendly non threatening manor and express your concern. But only if your sure it won't threaten your safety. If they come across threatening to you, then you could step in and say that your trying to do them a favor and not get the police involved, but to get the issue resolved.
I'm not on the side of ANY dealer of any kind but they are merely people who have been misled off a correct path and are not always criminals or bad people.

Shoes on a powerline does mean its a place to buy drugs. This kind of sigthing has been around T Town for years. Wake up people. notice what is going on.

Observer is correct, you should call CL&P for anything related to power line obstruction.

Well why dosent someone just call the power co. and ask them to take care of it

Drugs at the corner of Walnut and Beach St in Winsted? Shoes on the power lines......

also near the base of Pratt St in Winsted. relatively new I think but that house was a drug problem a few years back. someone out of jail and dealing there now??

I have heard it is a drug thing too. Just watch for cars, how long they stay put, take license plate tags, then call the police. We had this activity on Alice/ Eastwood and it is now gone.

This was resolved a while ago. I thought I closed this issue already.. : P